In a part of the interview released Saturday, Mr. Obama says: “What Hamas did was horrific and there’s no justification for it. And what is also true is that the occupation and what’s happening to Palestinians is unbearable.” To get to the full truth, “you then have to admit nobody’s hands are clean, that all of us are complicit to some degree.” He adds: “As hard as I tried—I have the scars to prove it—but there’s a part of me that’s still saying, ‘Well, was there something else I could have done?’ ”

Only a part? Mr. Obama sent Iran $1.7 billion in cash, released some $100 billion in frozen assets and unshackled Iranian industry. His plan to extricate the U.S. from the Middle East was suitably complex: find a rapprochement with Iran that would empower it to stabilize the region for us. Predictably, Tehran used the money to build up each front—Gaza, Lebanon, the West Bank, Syria, Iraq and Yemen—in today’s war on Israel.

The rest of Mr. Obama’s policy paved the way.

[Obama’s claim that everyone is complicit in the bloodshed is a barefaced lie, and an attempt to dodge responsibility for the outcome of his policies of appeasement with Iran, policies which Biden revived in 2021. Iran has never wanted peace in the region without assuming outright hegemony, and not without the annihilation of Israel. Obama’s kissy-face with the mullahs helped fund Hamas, full stop. Now he wants to spread the blame, but Obama has never taken responsibility for any of his failings … so what’s new? — Ed]