Iran and Lula
Thomas Friedman gets medieval on Lula for talking to Ahmadinejad. There are good arguments to be made about how to deal with Iran, but unfortunately he doesn't try to make any. I would please also ask that Friedman not write anything further on Latin America because his oversimplifications (Venezuela=evil; Colombia=good) just perpetuate stereotypes.
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This was a really crazy article on Friedman's part...did you see FAIR's takedown? We posted on it last evening:
http://structurallymaladjusted.blogspot.com/2010/05/thomas-friedman-smackdown.html
I would please also ask that Friedman not write anything further on Latin America because his oversimplifications (Venezuela=evil; Colombia=good) just perpetuate stereotypes.
Indeed, a very ham-fisted approach on Friedman's part. The sad thing is that Friedman is considered to be "centrist" in the American spectrum of opinion. His take on this issue is emblematic of the manichaean thinking of the political "center" in the United States.
Greg, thought this might be of interest; full text of Obama's letter to Lula.
http://structurallymaladjusted.blogspot.com/2010/05/full-text-of-obamas-letter-to-lula-on.html
Friedman writes:
"Is there anything uglier than watching democrats sell out other democrats to a Holocaust-denying, vote-stealing Iranian thug just to tweak the U.S. and show that they, too, can play at the big power table?"
And answers no.
One of the best summaries of what Lula is doing I've read anywhere.
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