At the Sulaimani Forum when US columnist Thomas Friedman made a
comparison between the Islamic State (ISIS) and presidential candidate
Donald Trump – to illustrate how propaganda can successfully energize
large crowds -- he connected two main subjects that had been engaging
many of guests and participants at the annual meeting in the Kurdish
city.
“They both validate grievances,” Friedman said about the two, speaking
to a packed hall at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimani (AUIS),
which organised and hosted the two-day conference on “ISIS and beyond.”
Earlier, panelists had already decided that the next American president
will be Hillary Clinton, because Trump is “too racist and too
authoritarian.”
Friedman was the guest of honor at the conference and featured
prominently in a live TV-interview conducted by AUIS chairman and
politician Barham Salih during dinner at the Shari Jwan hotel, the most
prominent hotel in Sulaimani, Kurdistan’s second city.
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