Henry Kissinger brokered the 1974 Egyptian-Israeli disengagement agreements in three months using three phone calls to clear state actors (Israeli PM Golda Meir, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Syrian President Hafez al-Assad), producing what Friedman calls 'tic-tac-toe three across' (three disengagement agreements: Egypt-Israel-Syria).
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“Henry Kissinger I'm going to date myself here needed three dimes um an airplane three months and a little Kissinger magic to produce the 1974 disengagement agreements... three months three dimes Kissinger magic and he produced what I call TIC taac toe three across Egypt Syria Israel disengagement agreements”
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Thomas Friedman on the Future of America and the World: The Post-Election Dissection (Part 1)— Intelligence SquaredCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:09:18 AM
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