tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post115674019729618065..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: Exclusive Interview with Tom Friedman (Part I)David Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-1156905241177939102006-08-29T19:34:00.000-07:002006-08-29T19:34:00.000-07:00Hugo has also offered to send cheap gas to NY fami...Hugo has also offered to send cheap gas to NY familes for free. Of course he can make all the smarmy pseodo-generous offers he wants when he knows that the US will never accept help. <BR/><BR/>T.F. is right in saying that oil money retards emerging democracies. It's hard to think of a case to the contrary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-1156853518895085302006-08-29T05:11:00.000-07:002006-08-29T05:11:00.000-07:00I'm interested to know what you think anout the fa...I'm interested to know what you think anout the fact (and ther're many proofs!) that the Palestinian leaders thick first about their own good, and not about their people. Just think about it: if all the money which is spend attacking israel would be invest in education, health services and infra- structures- would the palastinians had a better future? the answer is absolutely yes! Israel has disengaged from Gaza, and what it got? terror! instead of improve their own lives and to be worried about their children future, that Palestinian people is worried about how many israelis they have succeeded to murder!<BR/><BR/>What do you think about this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-1156817582928274672006-08-28T19:13:00.000-07:002006-08-28T19:13:00.000-07:00I don't think the Israeli/Lebanese conflict was ab...I don't think the Israeli/Lebanese conflict was about everything, nor was it about nothing. It was about Iran using Hizbollah to distract everyone from its ongoing nuclear efforts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-1156801687865158902006-08-28T14:48:00.000-07:002006-08-28T14:48:00.000-07:00The #1 loser in the Mideast is Thos. Friedman (no ...The #1 loser in the Mideast is Thos. Friedman (no relation, thank Heavens). And everyone who thinks he's an "expert" is tied for second place. Has anyone ever checked his trendy liberal prognostications against reality? He is almost always wrong and he is almost always wrong the day after he makes a pronouncement. You can set your watch to it.<BR/><BR/>Foreign Affairs For Dummies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-1156798210018542672006-08-28T13:50:00.000-07:002006-08-28T13:50:00.000-07:00Damn, my previous comment makes no sense. Sorry, I...Damn, my previous comment makes no sense. Sorry, I'm really tired.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-1156798121858776142006-08-28T13:48:00.000-07:002006-08-28T13:48:00.000-07:00Well, Tom thinks Arabs can't afford to blow up Eur...Well, Tom thinks Arabs can't afford to blow up Europeans. However, it's not too difficult to spin off military incidents. <BR/><BR/>Basically, let's consider the implications of the following situation: 50 Frenchmen are killed over there. What would happen if we know it's <BR/><BR/>1) By Israelis for sure;<BR/>2) By Hezbollah for sure;<BR/>3) In cross-fire. <BR/><BR/>Besides, sooner or later those pesky Europeans will get out of there, especially if they take casualties. <BR/><BR/>---------------------------<BR/>Now:<BR/><BR/>1) The Israeli media itself is extremely critical of how the war was fought, and describes it as a defeat. Of course, the people too. Olmert just created a commission to investigate the failures of Israel over the past month - the scandal is huge. <BR/><BR/>Where does Friedman see the great victory for Israel? Where the huge defeat for Hezbollah? No idea...<BR/><BR/>As to driving Hezbollah out, that's ludicrous. They LIVE there. You can't drive them out, short of killing everyone. <BR/><BR/>As to having European peacekeepers, there'll be few of them, and whatever happens, they'll most likely stand by anyway.<BR/><BR/>I don't see why anyone would think this conflict might be over before the end of our lives, even if we live to be 100 (and yeah, I'm a Carl too, so... I don't think it'll be done within the next 80 years :()Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com