There was a time when one could expect some semblance of moral clarity from John Kirby. It was never much, but in the early days after October 7th, the shadow White House press secretary seemed to chart his own path behind the podium. While Karine Jean-Pierre equivocated, he spoke directly about the horrors of Hamas and the need to defeat the terrorist government of Gaza.
In late 2023, while mainstream press outlets were busy trying to blame Israel for the lack of a ceasefire, Kirby didn’t mince words.
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Slowly but surely, though, he has been brought to heel, and whether it was by choice or not, at some point, doing “what you’re told” is no longer an excuse. Indisputable proof of that transition came on Friday when Kirby gave this head-spinning answer about Joe Biden withholding…
