Thomas Friedman: Obama Can See America From Iran's Perspective

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

We get that Barack Obama can view American from Iran's perspective. What we're worried about is whether he can view Iran from American's perspective . . . Ronald Reagan: "My idea of American policy toward the Soviet Union is simple, and some would say simplistic. It is this: we win and they lose." Thomas Friedman on Barack Obama: "He actually knows what America looks like from the outside in. And he can actually see America even to some point from the Iranian perspective."

So who will history record as being more effective in countering America's adversaries? The "simplistic" Ronald Reagan, or that cosmopolitan sophisticate, Barack Obama? Appearing on today's Morning Joe, Friedman apparently thought he was praising Obama, but Joe Scarborough wasn't so sure, asking "is it an admirable quality for us to have a president who can look at the world through the eyes of a regime that you and I both know has been the epicenter of terrorism since 1979?"

View the video here.

[Lake Living]

Sarah Palin should tweet that Pres. Obama said he could see Alaska from Iran.

[Larry381]

Friedman is considered the ultimate foreign policy sage by the Democrat media when in fact he has probably been wrong on more issues (especially concerning Israel & the Middle East) than they are.
Independents and conservatives have pretty much always considered some of his jerky ideas.........well jerky.
It's fairly easy to be adored as the ultimate Foreign policy Guru when you agree straight down the line with the Democrat party and their BFFs in the media on 95% of their views.