Obama recently appeared on “Pod Save America,” a podcast produced by three of his former aides, and said that “all of us” are responsible for what is happening in the Middle East.
This is typical Obama. He did this throughout his presidency whenever a problem arose, which was usually his fault. He always tries to deflect by saying everyone is to blame. America is to blame.
His policies had a lot to do with what’s happening now, not that he would ever admit it.
Breitbart News reports:
Obama: ‘We are all complicit to some extent’ in ‘Occupation’, Hamas terror
Obama told his former staffers on the Save America Pod Saturday that “we are all complicit to some extent” in the violence in Gaza, as he appeared to describe a moral equivalence between Hamas killing Israelis and the Israeli “occupation” of Gaza.
Gaza has not been “occupied” by Israel since 2005, when Israel withdrew all its soldiers and civilians in a “withdrawal” aimed at reducing violence in the region. Hamas responded by firing thousands of rockets into Israel and starting several wars.
Obama’s comments, as published by the podcast, are as follows:
If there is any chance that we can act constructively, do anything, then it is necessary that we recognize the complexity. And holding on to what seem at first glance contradictory ideas – that what Hamas did was heinous, and there is no justification for it; and what is also true is that the occupation [sic] and what is happening to the Palestinians is unbearable. [Applause] And what is also true is that there is a history of the Jewish people that can be dismissed unless your grandparents, or your great-grandparents, or your uncle or your aunt tell you stories about the madness of anti-Semitism. And what is true is that people are dying right now that have nothing to do with what Hamas did. And which is true, right – I mean, we could go on for a while. And the problem with social media, and trying to – TikTok activism, and trying to debate this, is that you can’t speak the truth. You can pretend to tell the truth. You can speak one side of the truth, and in some cases you can try to maintain your moral innocence, but that will not solve the problem.
Typical Obama academic word salad that means nothing. Watch:
Obama: “What Hamas did was horrible, and there is no justification for it. And what is also true is that the occupation and what is happening to the Palestinians is unbearable…
“You have to admit that we are all complicit to some extent.” pic.twitter.com/FtAGFAexz1
— Yonah Lieberman (@YonahLieberman) November 4, 2023
We are not all guilty. Obama and his allies certainly are.