SocraticGadfly: Friedman – let Iran stew in low oil prices, then negotiate

October 30, 2008

Friedman – let Iran stew in low oil prices, then negotiate

Thomas Friedman says the mullahs, and Iranian regime frontman Mahmoud Ahmadinejd, are in the same spot as the Shah circa 1979.

The heavy subsidies in the Iranian economy are now untenable. Soon, Teheran is going to be begging for help.

Let them beg, then start talking, Friedman says.

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