The U.S. can make clear that his nation’s aid money, along with some of his own personal money, and his legal status here, is not inviolable, writes QuinHillyer. 'The message should be not just private but, as in the case of Roosevelt, very public.'
Sometimes it’s easy to wish that the determination behind that phrase, which once was a famous byword in American popular lore, continued to govern America's diplomacy. The reality is not so simple, though, as is the case with U.S. citizen Bassem Awadallah, who as of April 3 has been held in a Jordanian prison under dubious circumstances for a full calendar year.
All of which is instructive in the case of Awadallah. While nobody should suggest that the interests of the United States would be helped by a life-or-death ultimatum, it is long past time for the Biden administration to put public, well-calibrated pressure on the Jordanian regime to secure the safe release of Awadallah. So far, entirely quiet diplomacy has utterly failed.
The Biden administration has rebuffed my requests for an interview about this situation, but a Department of State spokesperson emailed this to me on “background”: “We continue to follow Mr. Awadallah’s case closely and take seriously our responsibility to assist U.S citizens abroad and we will continue to provide all appropriate consular services. We have stressed to the Jordanians the importance of fair, transparent proceedings.
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