Just while you're dropping by the office, Tom, a quick question about your NYT article "Foreign Affairs; Forgive and Forget" on August 11, 1998 which claims: "In May, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met with the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat in London, presented them with a carefully balanced U.S. peace plan and told them each they had until the next week to say yes. If they did, the President himself would oversee the opening of final-status talks between them. If they said no, reporters were told, the U.S. would make clear publicly its plan and who was blocking it. Mr. Arafat said yes, Mr. Netanyahu said no." Tom - did this happen or not?
It’s the tracks that are the problem. We need dedicated tracks for high speed rail. The “high speed train” in Florida is running on tracks that are not meant to be used in this way. That’s why people are getting hit by the train every other day. None of the crossings are safe the people see the train coming and think they can make it across by the train is going way faster than they think it is. Also the high speed train in Florida is for rich people not for normal people. It’s pretty easy to see where the train stops are on google earth just look for the oligarch boats and there will be a station. Also the brightline stations are right next to the beach and the normal people trains are on the other side of the highway miles away.
This is a misinformed take by Friedman. His analysis is pretty correct. But Netanyahu’s interests are more existential, and Trump’s base plus his administration has too many warhawks. Plus Trump doesn’t really care that much about American interests in reality, simply how he can exploit them. Netanyahu has the upper hand
Apparently when Thomas Friedman thinks of total victory he doesn't think of WWII and how the Allies came to that point against the Nazis. I'd call that completely ignorant and strangely regretful that victory didn't go the other way. Maybe he doesn't realize that the Palestinian leaders were on Hitler's side and continued the war that their Axis lost, just 3 years later. And they lost that too. They did not defeat the establishment of Israel. And they lost again in '67 and '73 and many times after. I think we actually WANT total victory against the stated enemies of America and our allies. This self sabotaging view of diplomacy is a road to self defeat. Honestly, if you believe, like many Americans do, that the US and their allies are truly evil, they have every ability to use free speech to try and promote a world where we are not in power. That should be a fun century or two.
Just while you're dropping by the office, Tom, a quick question about your NYT article "Foreign Affairs; Forgive and Forget" on August 11, 1998 which claims:
"In May, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met with the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat in London, presented them with a carefully balanced U.S. peace plan and told them each they had until the next week to say yes. If they did, the President himself would oversee the opening of final-status talks between them. If they said no, reporters were told, the U.S. would make clear publicly its plan and who was blocking it. Mr. Arafat said yes, Mr. Netanyahu said no."
Tom - did this happen or not?
Stop bothering them with truth and facts! They're smarter than you. Just do what they say.
So nice to hear a foreign policy reporter giving opinions on economics.
I detest trump. But if he built great train service, I would detest The First Felon less.
Hmm, have you ever tried Deutsche Bahn? ;))
It’s the tracks that are the problem. We need dedicated tracks for high speed rail. The “high speed train” in Florida is running on tracks that are not meant to be used in this way. That’s why people are getting hit by the train every other day. None of the crossings are safe the people see the train coming and think they can make it across by the train is going way faster than they think it is. Also the high speed train in Florida is for rich people not for normal people. It’s pretty easy to see where the train stops are on google earth just look for the oligarch boats and there will be a station. Also the brightline stations are right next to the beach and the normal people trains are on the other side of the highway miles away.
He is the global challenge.
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“New York times opinion”
Implying there’s a factual department at NYT
"China's taken a great leap forward..." Very poor choice of words.
This is a misinformed take by Friedman.
His analysis is pretty correct.
But Netanyahu’s interests are more existential, and Trump’s base plus his administration has too many warhawks. Plus Trump doesn’t really care that much about American interests in reality, simply how he can exploit them. Netanyahu has the upper hand
Apparently when Thomas Friedman thinks of total victory he doesn't think of WWII and how the Allies came to that point against the Nazis. I'd call that completely ignorant and strangely regretful that victory didn't go the other way. Maybe he doesn't realize that the Palestinian leaders were on Hitler's side and continued the war that their Axis lost, just 3 years later. And they lost that too. They did not defeat the establishment of Israel. And they lost again in '67 and '73 and many times after. I think we actually WANT total victory against the stated enemies of America and our allies. This self sabotaging view of diplomacy is a road to self defeat. Honestly, if you believe, like many Americans do, that the US and their allies are truly evil, they have every ability to use free speech to try and promote a world where we are not in power. That should be a fun century or two.
I just listened to the rest of his awe of China. He should try the bread and the shopping carts in Russia. 😂
People get very confused if you tell them that Palestine was on the losing side of both world wars.
Fyi Russia is not China!@@t-townfoxtrot5181