Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tun daga 1981, Friedman ya yi tafiya mai zurfi game da al'amuran Gabas ta Tsakiya (ciki har da mamayar Isra'ila a Lebanon a 1982, Intifada ta farko ta Falasdinawa
, da kuma rikice-rikicen Isra'ila da Falasdinu da ke gudana) kuma ya ƙware a cikin siyasar cikin gida ta Amurka da manufofin waje, tattalin arzikin duniya, da kuma tasirin duniya na barazanar ta'addanci. Ta hanyar nutsewa cikin al'adun Islama, Friedman yayi kokarin ganowa da kuma bayyana tushen tsananin fushin musulmai ga Amurkawa.