UNBELIEVABLE: Antony Blinken Gives Biden Credit for Gaza Deal, and It Gets Worse From There.

Comparing the terrible ceasefire Blinken and Biden brokered to this one is so disingenuous. That ceasefire was never viable because it left hostages in the hands of Hamas, and it provided no path to disarm and fully defeat the terrorist group, instead demanding Israel essentially surrender. It was the typical warmed-over slop we’ve come to expect from the Obama/Biden axis of foreign policy expertise.

At no point did the Biden administration apply any pressure on the Arab nations to turn against Hamas and end the war. More importantly, they never applied pressure on Iran, which was fueling the conflict in Gaza and propping up Hezbollah in the north as a threat. In short, the entire region was on fire, and it was handed over to Trump in far worse condition than Biden and company found it.

For Blinken to pretend the former administration laid the groundwork and showed the path forward is laughable. But he hadn’t reached peak shamelessness yet. That came later in his thread when he demanded the establishment of a Palestinian state.

To be fair, there’s plenty of blame to share on the left:

The fact that the world did not immediately and consistently call for the unconditional release of the October 7th hostages and the surrender of Hamas will remain a moral and ethical failure of historic proportions.

In that failure, you cost thousands of lives on both sides. You…

— Elliot Steinmetz (@elliotsteinmetz) October 13, 2025