Posted on 10/13/2025 9:25:19 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Antony Blinken, Joe Biden’s former Secretary of State, tried to claim that the Biden administration deserved credit for the Israel-Hamas peace agreement, arguing that Donald Trump’s success wouldn’t have been possible without the groundwork that Biden’s team supposedly laid. That’s pure fantasy. Hamas surrendered because Trump backed it into a corner with decisive pressure, not because Biden’s diplomats pulled off some behind-the-scenes miracle.
Hamas surrendered its last living hostages, giving up the only leverage it had left in this mess they started two years ago. This wasn't some breakthrough negotiation. It was a complete capitulation, and Hamas knew it was their only shot at salvaging anything from the catastrophic war they had launched.
“When Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya first saw President Trump’s plan for peace in Gaza, which demanded his group disarm with few concrete steps to ensure Israel would end the war, his immediate reaction was no,” explains the Wall Street Journal. The proposal, which Israel rewrote and Qatari and Egyptian officials delivered, was nothing like what Hayya expected. Still reeling from Israel’s recent attempt on his life, Hayya told them that Hamas wouldn’t release hostages without firm guarantees to end the war. “But two days later, Hamas came back to Arab mediators with a yes. The deal hadn’t changed. The pressure on Hamas had. The deal hadn’t changed. The pressure on Hamas had.”
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He also said these are not the droids you are looking for.
If you put Bill Clinton, Anthony Blinken and Joe Biden in the same room, you’d have Winkin’, Blinken, and Nod.
The remnant you leave of HAMAS will terrorize your grandchildren.
Kill them all.
i saw what you did there
ha~! good one
total agreement!
The Gilad Shalit deal took 14 years to come to its disastrous fruition. Obama is long gone. Oh yeah, Netanyahu did that one too.
“Hamas surrendered its last living hostages”
maybe
Did 28 sets of bones come too?
False headline. How did he convince the Iran to accept the deal? They own Hamas.
<< [Blinken said that] Trump’s success wouldn’t have been possible without the groundwork that Biden’s team supposedly laid. That’s pure fantasy. >>
Blinken himself doesn’t even believe that.
They’ve fed the pigeons.
The pigeons won’t want anything more.
Did the Gazans officially recognize the borders of Israel?
Did the PLO?
Was the Charter of HAMAS discarded?
Was the Charter of the PLO discarded?
“We will no longer tolerate being taken for granted. We are a powerful, united force of 4 million acting in unison.”
Did the Brits agree not to supply their newly recognized state with missiles?
Did the French agree not to supply their newly recognized state with missiles?
“UK to help bankroll £40bn Gaza rebuilding plan - but won’t seek to help govern”
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/uk-bankroll-gaza-rebuilding-plan-board-peace-3972768
That number apparently is a newspaper estimate.
The UK armed forces will then guard Gaza with their US-made stuff in case HAMAS II snatches another set of hostages.
So you’re comparing him to Obi Wan?
Credit where credit us due...without Biden’s feckless foreign policy, Hamas might not have even attacked. Ergo, there could be no peace deal. Give ‘em a Nobel Peace Prize.
Fjb and obunghole: nuke iran and world loving hamass!
President Trump, peace thru strength!
Attempted Jedi mind trick.
[snip] "When Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya first saw President Trump's plan for peace in Gaza, which demanded his group disarm with few concrete steps to ensure Israel would end the war, his immediate reaction was no," explains the Wall Street Journal. The proposal, which Israel rewrote and Qatari and Egyptian officials delivered, was nothing like what Hayya expected. Still reeling from Israel's recent attempt on his life, Hayya told them that Hamas wouldn't release hostages without firm guarantees to end the war. "But two days later, Hamas came back to Arab mediators with a yes. The deal hadn't changed. The pressure on Hamas had. The deal hadn't changed. The pressure on Hamas had." [/snip]
The only way hostages help Hamas is if the world knows they have them.
1Samuel chapter 15 would be good to re-read today.
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