Robert Parry: NYT and WP Push Confrontation with Iran
Parry …
what the Post and the Times don’t mention in their two lead editorials is that they and their neocon friends were instrumental in frustrating Obama’s initial efforts to reach an agreement on the fuel swap last year and that they then helped sabotage a parallel deal negotiated by the leaders of Brazil and Turkey earlier this year … The Post’s editors mocked the Brazil-Turkey initiative .. The Times star columnist Thomas Friedman chimed in, terming the Brazil-Turkey peace effort “as ugly as it gets,” the title of his column .. Administration hardliners, like Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, also treated the leaders of Brazil and Turkey as unwelcome interlopers .. Puzzled by the U.S. reaction, Brazil released a three-page letter from President Obama to President Lula da Silva encouraging Brazil and Turkey to go forward with the swap deal
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