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Author Thomas L. Friedman: Military leverage on Iran only short-term option
By Haaretz Staff
Tags: Israel, Thomas L. Friedman 
Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for June 5, 2008.

Visiting New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman on Wednesday answered questions from Guy Rolnik, deputy publisher of the Haaretz Group and editor-in-chief of TheMarker, on the United States' presidential race, Iran and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Referring to Iran's nuclear ambitions, Friedman stated that while lowering the price of oil would be the best way to influence the Islamic Republic in the long-term, the only option for the short-term is a military solution.

Israel and some Western powers fear Iran is covertly attempting to develop nuclear weapons. Iran insists its plans are peaceful.
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      1.   Tom Friedman, another "latte liberal" turning..... 20:52  |  Swiss (Dino) 06/06/08
      2.   Another Neo-con 21:21  |  Ray 06/06/08
      3.   What a loser 23:33  |  x 06/06/08
      4.   #2 Ray is either brain dead or a mindless fool. 00:22  |  Gary A. MD 07/06/08
      5.   Finally, some sense even from a liberal 00:26  |  AlexK 07/06/08
      6.   We have become an Israeli occupied territory 00:27  |  Richard 07/06/08
      7.   #1Another Swiss Cheese post with no substance at all 00:56  |  I 07/06/08
      8.   #6Richard - Prefer Sharia laws ruling the US? 00:58  |  I 07/06/08
      9.   richard`s post 01:01  |  lili 07/06/08
      10.   # 5 alex 01:12  |  Axel 07/06/08
      11.   Read, people. 01:22  |  Elianah 07/06/08
      12.   Richard`s Nightmare #6 01:59  |  ron 07/06/08
      13.   Another disgraceful war monger.... 02:06  |  Dutch 07/06/08
      14.   There`s plenty of oil on the market,it`s the price manipulation, 02:14  |  lakshmi 07/06/08
      15.   ordinarily a boobie, but this time he`s right. 02:16  |  frenz 07/06/08
      16.   Axel#10 02:39  |  birgit 07/06/08
      17.   Iran : Persians - 51% (...different ethnic groups split up Yug.os 02:55  |  17 07/06/08
      18.   Thomas Friedman 02:57  |  Maio 07/06/08
      19.   It`s a dream, richard... 03:05  |  hollingsworth 07/06/08
      20.   Leftist turns fascist 03:25  |  Carolo 07/06/08
      21.   Richard #6 03:33  |  Heydrich 07/06/08
      22.   # 10 Maio - "Children Of Abrahham (Christians?) 03:50  |  17 07/06/08
      23.   I - "Richard - Prefer Sharia laws ruling the US?" He does 04:15  |  17 07/06/08
      24.   Hey, no pie this time? 04:26  |  Aphemia 07/06/08
      25.   Getting a little tired 04:31  |  Jack 07/06/08
      26.   hollingsworth - "It`s a dream, richard" 04:50  |  17 07/06/08
      27.   Friedman`s legalizing the Iran war now 07:22  |  Ace 07/06/08
      28.   #1 Swiss(Dino) - Maybe you are just wrong on Israel... 08:36  |  JP 07/06/08
      29.   Jews spoiling, destroying American democracy 09:37  |  American 07/06/08
      30.   To #27 10:05  |  RW 07/06/08
      31.   Typical Jewish "liberal" 10:43  |  Beedean 07/06/08
      32.   Iran: No such thing as short term military solution 11:14  |  Natallie Durson 07/06/08
      33.   Are we really taking this guy seriously...?! 11:22  |  Esther 07/06/08
      34.   to Alex 11:22  |  gus 07/06/08
      35.   # 7 I` am usually choosing my words rather carefully..... 12:11  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/06/08
      36.   Dutch the local war monger, are u 2 disgraced? 13:10  |  Joe Sittizen 07/06/08
      37.   17 # 23 I do not see how Sharia law would by 14:32  |  American in NY 07/06/08
      38.   # 28 American in NY - Sharia is better: 15:08  |  17 07/06/08
      39.   # 16 birgit 17:07  |  Axel 07/06/08
      40.   Friedman 17:39  |  Edithann 07/06/08
      41.   # 28 JP, maybe the other way around...???? 17:45  |  Swiss (Dino) 07/06/08
      42.   The voice of reason 18:12  |  Bitin Dawg 07/06/08
      43.   #34 gus 18:16  |  Axel 07/06/08
      44.   178 # 38 Halachic and Sharia are the same to a gentile 18:19  |  American in NY 07/06/08
      45.   Iran Remains Problematic 19:15  |  H.H.M 07/06/08
      46.   Drag US to a war with Iran the same we you did with Iraq 19:31  |  Palestinian 07/06/08
      47.   # 42 American in NY 19:41  |  17 07/06/08
      48.   To # 5 Richard...7 million vs 300 millions...are you stupid? 20:12  |  The stupid ant 07/06/08
      49.   American in NY: is your reading comprehension as good as your spe 20:24  |  Darth Zaider (Ed) 07/06/08
      50.   Durson`s war lust and wrong analysis 20:25  |  Joe Sittizen 07/06/08
      51.   # 42 American in NY 21:22  |  17 07/06/08
      52.   Tom Freidman SHAME ON YOU 21:57  |  Peter 07/06/08
      53.   To Richard in Chicago 22:05  |  Peter 07/06/08
      54.   # 29 "American" German Solution 22:35  |  Stephen T. Meadow2 07/06/08
      55.   #46, 17 22:40  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 07/06/08
      56.   peter, see daniel pipe`s summary... 22:48  |  hollingsworth 07/06/08
      57.   # 55 - Cipora Julianna Kohn 00:35  |  17 08/06/08
      58.   17 at # 51 01:05  |  American in NY 08/06/08
      59.   Cipora # 55 re: 17 and who undermines America 01:18  |  American in NY 08/06/08
      60.   #50 Joe Sittizen, ,What a load of BS. 02:19  |  Dutch 08/06/08
      61.   the loyalty of American Jewery 02:33  |  Chaim 08/06/08
      62.   Who needs short term solutions? 10:01  |  Samos 08/06/08
      63.   the loyalty of American Jewery 10:16  |  Sammos 08/06/08
      64.   # 58 American in NY 12:33  |  17 08/06/08
      65.   17 # 64 read caefully and completely 15:43  |  American in NY 08/06/08
      66.   # 65 American in NY 19:12  |  17 08/06/08
      67.   17 #66 21:14  |  American in NY 08/06/08
      68.   #58, ANY, "it was tried twice, as I recall" 00:02  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 09/06/08
      69.   #59, ANY 00:06  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 09/06/08
      70.   #65, ANY, "many people here quote from the Koran" 00:11  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 09/06/08
      71.   17 # 57 Objects of interest 03:29  |  American in NY 09/06/08