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alpha0  ·  609 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Our New Promethean Moment

I always thought very little of Friedman. But read this, b_b, and tell me, is he a complete idiot?

https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/02/opinion/foreign-affairs-now-a-word-from-x.html





b_b  ·  608 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think Clinton was really bad at foreign policy and Kennan was really good at it. I also think it’s easy to point to Kennan and say “he’s right!” That doesn’t make Friedman less of a blowhard to me.