Progressives may lionize Secretary of State Antony Blinken for his support of LGBT diplomacy, and conservative critics may deride Blinken’s naivete in the face of rogue regimes and terrorists. Then there is gender equity: More women lost their freedom under Blinken than any other secretary. While throwing Afghan women under the bus was a one-time decision, Blinken’s betrayal of Christians was both gratuitous and repeated. At best, cynicism blinkered Blinken. At worst, outright hostility toward Christianity did.
Just over three years ago, during his first visit to Africa as secretary, Blinken met with Nigeria’s then-President Muhammadu Buhari and proceeded to remove Nigeria from the religious freedom watch list. Within Nigeria, Buhari came to prominence in the late 1960s as an active and enthusiastic participant in the Biafra genocide, the slaughter of 100,000 Christians and ethnic Igbo and the forced starvation of perhaps 4 million more. When Blinken exculpated Buhari for renewed anti-Christian violence on his watch, Nigeria’s anti-Christian pogroms increased.
