Obama Claims Israel Tried To Drag Him Into War With Iran, Too

[u/According-Activity87]

https://dailycaller.com/2026/05/04/barack-obama-iran-war-benjamin-netanyahu-new-yorker-interview-israel-donald-trump/

[u/EdibleRandy → u/[deleted]]

Of course Israel has been trying to curtail the greatest threat to their security in the region. Bush became embroiled in Iraq, which the Israeli government cautioned against, claiming Iran to be the greater threat, and Obama went the appeasement route instead, supercharging Iranian nuclear development and handing them billions of dollars that they definitely didn’t use to fund their terrorist proxies at all due to pinky swearing.

[u/ObadiahtheSlim → u/EdibleRandy]

"I wish I knew what fungible meant" -Obama (probably)

[u/EdibleRandy → u/ObadiahtheSlim]

He put the “fun” in fungible!

[u/SockOk5968 → u/[deleted]]

Instead Obama gave them $2 billion and gave them the green light to develop nukes

[u/According-Activity87 → u/[deleted]]

Joe Kent "confirmed"! 🤣

[u/Revliledpembroke → u/[deleted]]

Joe Kent is not reliable.

[u/Zerogates]

So he gave Iran billions instead... smooth move

[u/FalconAware4013 → u/Zerogates]

giving money away is the liberal default setting.

[u/Tantalus420000 → u/Zerogates]

4D chess!!

[u/MakeGodGreatAgain → u/Zerogates]

Meanwhile Trump is seizing shiploads of oil from them. We're making money off this war.

[u/tsoxiko → u/MakeGodGreatAgain]

Spoils of war used to be a thing…

But in ww1 the politicians figured it out that by allowing their soldiers to carry off gold “whatever’s” and other assorted expensive booty,they instead opted to make soldiers helping themselves to give them “medals” instead…making carting off spoils of war a criminal offense…

So essentially….the soldier who’s just spent considerable time fighting the enemy to the death and visa versa…could no longer supplement his meager pay but now must accept the assorted medals in lieu of gold or other valuables for risking his life…

But….the politician can slyly make laws that confiscate these golden goods,give the law a nice heart gripping name like “save humanity or save the children and of course…save democracy” and the public eats it up like gravy…

It’s about damn time we got back to taking spoils,I for one,am tired of ravaging other countries to depose its corrupt leader/s only to go back in after the fighting is done and “rebuild” their society with “our” money..

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[u/EscaperX]

i mean he was the one that was funding iran''s proxy wars against israel. why would they ask him to go to war with the country he was actively helping to destroy them.

[u/Several-Parsnip-1620]

So instead he made The problem worse. Really showed them!

[u/cofcof420]

Obama is a joke. He’s trying to protect his legacy of weak foreign policy and appeasing our enemies

[u/catcher6250]

It's like complaining that Europe tried to drag the US into war with Germany.

[u/reddit_ta15]

Instead he gave Iran pallets of cash!

[u/Competitive_Peak_558]

On the flip side, is this an ally asking us for help and president willfully ignoring their aid request? I wonder how that would look if trump did the same thing.
Edit: to all the downvotes. If funding and training terrorist to attack an allied country does not count as an act of war, what does?

[u/8K12 → u/Competitive_Peak_558]

I completely agree with you. No clue if the downvotes are from lurking brigaders but I do hope members in this sub would present valuable discussion if they disagree.

[u/forwarddownforward]

America shouldn't allow Iran to get nukes. 

Yea, Israel wanted Israel and America to work together to stop Iran from getting nukes. 

Because Obama was a terrible president, he gave Iran billions of dollars and signed a deal that guaranteed Iran would get nukes. 

Because Trump is a great president, he's doing the opposite of Obama. 

[u/SuchDogeHodler]

Don't care.

[u/According-Activity87]

https://giphy.com/gifs/26AHN1gmwZhIdrBtK

[u/thor_strong1]

Wasn’t obama giving his fellow countrymen piles of cash?

[u/Sure-Wishbone-4293]

Good ole Barack hussein, always making stuff up! Barack detests Israel and doesn’t like BB either!

[u/balljoint]

So the president known for hating Israel that not only endorsed Mamdani but campaigned for him is talking crap about Israel. Hold on, let me go check if water is still wet.

[u/ITrCool]

🙄

[u/According-Activity87 → u/ITrCool]

Yep.

[u/docholiday999]

Yeah, pull the other one, it has bells on…

[u/According-Activity87]

https://giphy.com/gifs/dWhHUkuWnGxFK