Unbelievable: Antony Blinken Gives Biden Credit for Gaza Deal, and It Gets Worse From There
- Blinken credits Biden for a breakthrough many see as Trump-era diplomacy finished
- The deal secures hostages and keeps Israel in Gaza along a buffer line
- The foreign policy establishment keeps recycling failed assumptions
- Demanding a Palestinian state remains the old guard’s favorite distraction
- Americans should judge results, not credentials
When I said the foreign policy establishment is in utter shambles, I meant it. Watching Antony Blinken hand Joe Biden credit for the Gaza deal felt like watching arsonists applaud the firefighters who put out their blaze. It’s shameless and telling.
The reported deal frees remaining hostages while Israel stays inside Gaza along a predetermined pullback line to create a buffer for disarming Hamas. That outcome was secured after a shift away from the stale, expert-approved playbook that got the region worse off. It’s hard to take Blinken’s claim seriously when the facts point the other way.
According to reporting, the deal secures hostage releases without demanding Israel vacate Gaza, instead creating a line that lets Israeli forces ensure Hamas is disarmed. That’s a practical, results-focused approach, not the victimhood-first strategy the old school preferred. It’s the sort of outcome Americans actually want: safety and accountability.
Make no mistake, this is a big win for the Trump team that pushed a different course and delivered measurable results. Blinken saying Biden set the path is revisionist theater. The folks who got us tangled in endless, pointless compromises now want credit for what they did not achieve.
Compare that to the earlier Biden-Blinken ceasefire, which left hostages and no credible plan to eliminate Hamas as a fighting force. That was the same warmed-over foreign policy of surrender dressed up as diplomacy. Americans saw it for what it was: ineffectual and risky.
Blinken doubled down by calling for a Palestinian state, showing how out of touch the establishment remains. That demand has been the sacred cow of the experts for decades, yet the region moved forward when the pressure switched elsewhere. You can’t lecture the firefighters after you lit the match.
It’s time to stop treating credentialed failure as wisdom. The result-oriented path that prioritized deals and regional buy-in produced progress; piling on lectures and old theories won’t help. Voters should reward results, not resume worshipping a failed playbook.
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