Senior editor Daniel Larison appeared on Morning Edition today along with Shadi Hamid of the Brookings Doha Center in a segment entitled “Where do Romney, Obama Stand on Foreign Policy?”
Here’s the clip:
Daniel Larison on NPR’s Morning Edition
8 Responses to Daniel Larison on NPR’s Morning Edition
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Andrew says:
positive gains of Arab Spring
Wow, this Shadi Hamid guy lives in what universe?
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Myron Hudson says:
Great exposure for TAC! And thanks Daniel for being measured and reasonable and coherent. And how strange to hear a liberal from the Brookings Institution pushing for more overt and direct intervention in Syria. Hopefully that coverage alone will spur a few people to rethink their won partisan inclinations.
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Kelley Vlahos says:
Great job Daniel — About time they reached out to TAC!
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Darth Thulhu says:
@Andrew: Shadi Hamid lives in the universe where Egypt’s military dictatorship torture state no longer tortures with impunity and is no longer run a by a dictator-for-life.
Shadi Hamid lives in the universe where Qaddafi’s decades-long tyranny is gone, and popular protest against Salafist militias is active and vibrant.
Shadi Hamid lives in the universe where an oppressive tyrant in Tunisia fled, an oppressive tyrant in Yemen is negotiating his future, and an oppressive tyrant in Syria is facing his oncoming end.
The light of the Sun may burn and blind and sear and dehydrate, but that does make it inferior to perpetual Darkness.
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An Anachronistic Apostle says:
“Wow, this Shadi Hamid guy lives in what universe?”
I’ve forgotten the precise street address, but it’s the same one in which Big Bird makes millions on trinkets, but mourns the loss of a government subsidy.
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Bob Jones says:
Andrew,
I would say Hamdi sees the growth and expansion of national self-determination in the Arab world as a positive. We may not like who they elect to govern them, but the fact that the new government serve (at least for the moment) at the will of the people, is seen in many places as a positive development.
The real proof of this as a positive movement will come in the years to come, when we see what kind of nations and societies countries like Egypt evolve into.
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I would’ve been curious to hear Hamdi’s thoughts on the illegal US attack against Libya. I am assuming that he would view that in much the same way that he views a Syrian intervention? If so, he must recognize the unintended consequences of our intervention in Libya, and that similar efforts in Syria could yield even worse results there.
Peace be with you.
Daniel sounded great. Great PR for TAC.