U.S. Secretary of State flies to Turkiye to gain support for Biden's pro-Israel stance

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00:00 after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's huddle with his Arab counterparts in Jordan

00:05 over the weekend, which chalked up points purely on civility and photo ops, and nothing

00:10 on an immediate ceasefire.

00:12 America's top diplomat flew to Turkey for his next stop, hoping to sway the Turks to

00:16 buy into Biden's pro-Israel plan to sustain Israel's invasion and bombardment, while letting

00:22 in more aid in Gaza and assuring less civilian collateral damage.

00:27 Blinken's trip to Turkey is meant to assuage Ankara's anger over the Biden's pro-Israel

00:33 stance that has kowtowed and capitulated to Israel's Netanyahu's "my way or the highway"

00:38 approach on the war versus Hamas in Gaza.

00:43 Before heading for Turkey, Blinken also took side trips to Cyprus and Iraq to convey and

00:48 convince Iraqis and Cypriots that an immediate ceasefire tends to allow Hamas to regroup

00:54 and launch more attacks against Israel troops and prolong the war's timeline.

00:59 Interestingly enough, Blinken was spotted wearing a bulletproof vest in his stay in

01:03 Iraq.

01:04 Cool.