Fareed Zakaria

Village Voice Article


Zakaria is applauded for his willingness to call out our government’s missteps in Iraq. (He initially supported the invasion but within a few weeks began lambasting the Bush administration in Newsweek pieces with titles like "The Arrogant Empire.") "I feel that’s part of my job," he says, slightly defensively, "which is not to pick sides but to explain what I think is happening on the ground. I can’t say, ‘This is my team and I’m going to root for them no matter what they do.’ "

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