When the foreign policy establishment fails, it rarely apologizes — but it always rewrites history. This week offered a masterclass in that tactic, as former Secretary of State Antony Blinken tried to pull off what may be the most brazen act of historical revisionism in recent memory: giving credit to Joe Biden for the recently negotiated Gaza peace deal.
You read that right.
According to Blinken’s social media thread — which now reads like a desperate grasp at legacy repair — the Biden administration supposedly laid the groundwork for the very agreement now hailed as a breakthrough. This would be laughable if it weren’t so infuriating, especially for anyone who’s been paying attention to the actual trajectory of Middle East policy over the past five years.
Andrea Mitchell decided she knows who deserves gratitude for the Israel/Gaza agreement.
It's ... Antony Blinken, who achieved nothing other than fueling, encouraging and justifying the Israeli war.
Two-life long DC denizens and Israel loyalists slobbering over each other: pic.twitter.com/Y31Gdjgxmv
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) October 14, 2025
Let’s be crystal clear: the ceasefire agreement now being celebrated is nothing like the failed, pressure-free, hostage-leaving, Israel-undermining deal the Biden administration attempted to push earlier this year. That plan was dead on arrival — rejected not just by Israel, but by anyone with a basic grasp of the realities on the ground. It left Hamas armed, hostages in captivity, and the region still burning, all while demanding political concessions from Israel that would’ve empowered the very terrorists who sparked the war.
By contrast, the current deal represents a complete reversal of that vision. Israel doesn’t have to leave Gaza. Hostages are being released. Hamas is being cornered and disarmed. And crucially, regional Arab players are being nudged — not by Biden, but through quiet diplomacy and serious leverage that was reintroduced only after the reins were handed back to people who understand deterrence.
And yet, here comes Blinken — tweeting from the ashes of his own failed policies — to claim it was their plan all along.
If it weren’t so shameless, it would be satire.
The Biden administration, throughout the Gaza conflict, never applied meaningful pressure to Iran — the puppeteer behind Hamas, Hezbollah, and much of the chaos in the region. They made no serious effort to corner Hamas politically or militarily. And they repeatedly undercut Israel’s right to defend itself while empowering pro-Palestinian agitators within their own base. Meanwhile, the Abraham Accords — the most significant geopolitical realignment in the Middle East in decades — were forged by President Trump without so much as a nod toward the sacred cow of a Palestinian state.
And that’s what makes Blinken’s final note so galling. After claiming credit for a Trump-led success, he doubled down on the very failed ideology that created this mess in the first place: the insistence that a Palestinian state must be established first, as the prerequisite for peace. That’s not just bad policy. It’s the central delusion that has hobbled U.S. foreign policy in the region for decades.
Trump, by contrast, did something the experts said was impossible: he marginalized the issue of statehood, sidelined the terror-supporting leadership in Gaza, and proved that peace between Arab nations and Israel was not only possible without a Palestinian state — it was easier. The Abraham Accords weren’t a fluke. They were a direct rebuke to the idea that terror should be rewarded with sovereignty.
Now the same architects of failure want to return to the very blueprints that collapsed in the first place — and they want applause for pretending they helped redesign the house.
No thanks.