[lbo-talk] Friedman Finally Figures Out He's Been Had

Seth Ackerman sethia at speakeasy.net
Sun Jan 18 06:43:12 PST 2004


Colin Powell is pretty strongly pro-Palestinian within the context of US politics.

----- Original Message ----- From: <nathanne at nathannewman.org> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2004 7:31 AM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Friedman Finally Figures Out He's Been Had


>
> I dislike Friedman's global economic analysis, but this column says
> nothing he hasn't been saying on and off for years. His position has been
> for years that the US should force Israel, by negotiation or by threat, to
> get out of the West Bank and Gaza, and then the US and UN should drop
> peace-keeping forces in Palestinian areas to keep suicide bombers and such
> in line. Although as this article says, he thinks that Israel withdrawal
> will largely end most Palestinian terrorism by undermining its legitimacy
> in the Arab world and among Palestinians global supporters.
>
> People get turned off by Friedman's snide elitist rhetoric, but in
> substance, his position is actually pretty strongly pro-Palestinian, at
> least within the context of US politics.
>
> Nathan Newman
>
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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/18/opinion/18FRIE.html?hp=&pagewanted=print&p osition=
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