Thomas Friedman on 'Petropolitics', Iraq, Israel-Palestine and the 'Excuse Makers' [video 15min]

Three-time Pulitzer prize winner Thomas Friedman turns from print to the screen with the television news special Addicted To Oil: Thomas Friedman Reporting. The program focuses on the politics of the US reliance on oil. Host Amy Goodman talks to Friedman about"petropolitics", as well as his views on Iraq, Israel-Palestine, and the people he calls the"Excuse Makers." Friedman's latest book is The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century. His television news special, Addicted To Oil: Thomas Friedman Reporting, airs on the Discovery Channel on June 24.