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The New York Times’ Tom Friedman on the policy issues facing both candidates.
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I'm actually I gotta update of I'm doing two additional from Beirut to Jerusalem which -- wrote in 1989 and you for a long time my publisher wanted me to do an update and I I seven it would it would be one page one line nothing has changed.
But.
-- with everything happening we're gonna we're gonna update that book and it's still -- -- Have a -- say about what's going on right now.
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My kitchen table and have not ready -- -- looking forward to a looking forward to resemble to dozens of trust want to let ourselves and he -- it becomes restrictive -- -- -- be really intelligent and well over Desmond socially -- analysts looking forward a region that's.
Business.
I can still got no I think -- -- -- nothing good you can.
Area to monitor that but that's big enough then that's may -- -- -- club -- -- terminator two calculated.
He writes about your negotiator this column about -- Sorry -- Iraq's most incoherent Thompson column ever let me -- -- us and I.
After -- I -- senator and older readers are occasional remember I didn't.
This event for me -- mr.
Freeman the lesson of Iraq is quite simply can't -- Saddam.
To sort of level on dividend stock -- not so war -- against all.
Bluster -- were alarmed external midwives from everyone on the ground McPherson trust to manage the transition.
In Iraq -- America.
Well what does that mean.
Would -- when you when you have one of these are multi sectarian society -- Basically that have been held together by iron fist.
Once you remove the iron fist you're gonna get a wall of all against all.
The -- you basically have another iron -- there to manage the transition.
They'll must old -- amount of -- -- -- to understand the causes that you have -- you have a society -- of Kurds Shiites.
Some of these -- -- -- basically who have all been living under the guidance system Saddam Hussein.
Who.
Who runs the place basically like gates -- You know our neighborhood boss.
-- -- -- -- -- You remove that iron fist what's gonna happen basically there there's no trust between these societies -- we -- these communities you'll be held them together.
It is an iron fist.
And what happens when you remove it is they all basically go at each other and -- you have been alternatives.
Structure of power.
That basically people -- but also breathe deep down what the -- minute trust in order to manage a transition.
Well you write a new social contract between these communities.
What was hard about that understand.
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I just don't just.
To a certain why that we're gonna we're gonna get -- if it's perfectly coherent.
All while all okay club on the bottom -- the way you explained that yeah -- -- counsel.
Anyway on any out of I just should not around to supporter right -- trading not and clinical a lot of -- -- -- -- Not fireball over the map I voted for John Karen torture him incidents still.
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Well I I just haven't seen enough and I'm happy Dorsey anybody at this moment but I -- I I just seventy enough in terms of any coherent plan.
Our our how to deal with the economy out of the way George W.
Bush -- -- that.
Which seems to me is what got us into this -- -- number one and bond on foreign policy generated speech the other day.
And you know it -- group that was really Europe pretty -- believe are basically saying that -- -- he's going to.
Deal -- the world in a more assertive way and give birth to a new American century.
Without really explaining how are meant Hollywood managed to trade -- along the way.
Well and aussies and a horrible Canada and.
I mean just just not -- compel it to meet I don't know yard just underwent when someone just -- not a policy is basically do everything we did during the eight years of George W.
Bush.
I don't know that doesn't.
Right now I don't think that's gonna get it done.
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Well I don't think Obama has been a disaster you know as you know very badly and we talked about this -- arms and security actually a third party care independent candidate that didn't work out.
And so I would like to see both -- step up their game and and have -- a decent more compelling campaigns.
I don't strategists saying aggression like to similar petition -- some distortion and have them separate.
Project trying to -- -- the question of southern most -- capital of Israel.
Let's just from that list is free to get on the phone Q&A -- you'll be -- and -- and I saw that you know.
Then of course you know it is -- -- look it's a trick question because the capital Israel's Jerusalem I mean that's adults identified and and that's where the seat of the government has.
But because we considered Jerusalem's final disposition still in dispute we can't have not formally recognize that we keep our embassy in -- -- -- And so arm that would have been the right answer I don't know why he didn't say that but I guess you've been limited to -- produced on.
-- -- -- -- begin I don't know I think it's one of -- land mine questions.
A -- tools to order.
But like elected did you all you got what you -- all prickly and defensive.
And I criticize her at all protests outside amount I think we -- Japan is all know not periodic I gotta get every knuckle in the world you know -- -- scientific.
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Enormously successful.
-- -- down three wholesale prices for God's sake.
Right now spread days of wall mount -- paper but I don't know what you're good Australian and Slovak laden wants.
I don't want to -- him.
Been doing really well once worse in New York spot at mrs.
it would do you know what do more to attend confidant and those salsa certain return the alternatives are quite -- shell I don't know.
Considering the -- up -- our.
There aren't.
Sorry you all -- excited about -- Olympics.
Yeah -- watch him the I I haven't really been focused on the you know potential superstars this year but -- -- I don't love watching the -- It's great to picked one of the country reserved against is some elections soccer -- -- -- any of the events.
To root against a country where hate like just today senate dealt with plan not.
Great Britain and soccer and I immediately was rooting for Citadel because for a number reason why.
I wanted to Great Britain -- because there aren't a whole month -- And all humiliating for them and then.
I also like somewhat similar haircuts on to guys on some estimates.
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