Contain And Amplify Thomas Friedman Analysis

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Contain and Amplify: Review
In Thomas L. Friedman’s article, “Contain and Amplify” he discusses the topic of terrorism and chaos in the Middle East. Friedman opens by stating the call to action, which states that there has not been peace established in Middle Eastern countries, such as Syria and Libya. Friedman then states his thesis. Thomas writes,
“But after we removed the fists in Iraq and Libya, without putting a new bottom-up order in place, and the people themselves tried to remove the fists in Syria and Yemen, without putting a new live-and-let-live order in place, a horrifying wall of all against all has exploded” (Friedman 1).
Friedman explains that by trying to intervene with Middle Eastern countries in order to make the situation