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Name: Thomas L. Friedman
Title: Foreign Affairs Columnist
New York Times

Position: PRO to the question "Should the U.S. have attacked Iraq?"
Reasoning:

"The right reason for this war, as I argued before it started, was to oust Saddam's regime and partner with the Iraqi people to try to implement the Arab Human Development report's prescriptions in the heart of the Arab world. That report said the Arab world is falling off the globe because of a lack of freedom, women's empowerment, and modern education. The right reason for this war was to partner with Arab moderates in a long-term strategy of dehumiliation and redignification."

"Liberal Hawks Reconsider the Iraq War"
Slate Magazine
January 12, 2004
Credibility
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Involvement:
  • Foreign-Affairs Columnist for the New York Times, 1995-present
  • Israel Bureau Chief, New York Times, 1984-1988
  • Beirut Bureau Chief, New York Times, 1982-1984

Education: M.A., Oxford University, Modern Middle East Studies, 1978
B.A., Brandeis University, Mediterranean Studies, 1975

Affiliations/
Honors:
  • 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary
  • 2000 Overseas Press Club Award for Best Nonfiction Book on Foreign Policy
  • 1988 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (from Israel)
  • 1983 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting (from Lebanon)
  • 1989 National Book Award for Nonfiction

Contact Info:
Phone: none listed Fax: none listed
E-Mail:   none listed
Web Site:  http://www.thomaslfriedman.com

Other: Select Publications:
  • The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, 2005
  • Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11, 2002
  • The Lexus and the Olive Tree, 2000
  • From Beirut to Jerusalem, 1989
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