NYT Op-Ed columnist T. Friedman has had his fair share of duncish moments but today’s column truly takes the cake.
And, for me, the lesson of Iraq is quite simple: You can’t go from Saddam to Switzerland without getting stuck in Hobbes — a war of all against all — unless you have a well-armed external midwife, whom everyone on the ground both fears and trusts to manage the transition. In Iraq, that was America.
The rest of the column is equally crossing the line into Glenbeckesque drivel. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
