{"id":4798,"date":"2007-01-03T10:35:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-03T08:35:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-14T19:11:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T17:11:39","slug":"epalestine-zogby-tom-friedman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2007\/01\/epalestine-zogby-tom-friedman\/","title":{"rendered":"ZOGBY: Tom Friedman, Condoleezza Rice, Virgil Goode \u00e2\u0080\u0093 The Polluting Of Our National Discourse (A SHAME!)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Posted on Tuesday January 2, 2007<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Tom Friedman, Condoleezza Rice, Virgil Goode – The Polluting Of Our National Discourse<\/strong><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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An article by Tom Friedman, a quote from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and a letter by a Virginia Congressman hit in one day last week reminding me how tolerant our national discourse has become of bigotry toward Arabs and Muslims and how condescending policy- makers and analysts have become in their dealings with the Middle East region.  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Tom Friedman’s Article<\/strong>  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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In the lead up to the Iraq War, New York Times columnist Tom Friedman was one of the invasion’s strong advocates. Friedman has now figured out why the war has gone so badly and so in a rather remarkable piece appearing in the Times this week, he offers advice to President Bush.  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Never known for humility or apologies, here’s what Friedman has concluded: it’s the Arabs’ fault. I said the article was remarkable, and it was, not for its wisdom, but for its shameless self-serving bigotry.  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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Here’s why.  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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The article "Mideast Rules To Live By"<\/u> <\/span> <\/font> <\/a>  makes the following observations:  <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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