Meanwhile, Tom "Suck.On.This" Friedman says we need to keep making them there Iraqis Suck.On.This: Eyes on the Prize New York Times 10/24/09: "Six years after the U.S. invasion, Iraq continues to unnerve and tantalize," the billionaire(-spouse) warmonger says. It's like an entertaining cop show to him, it seems. (Update 10/02/2011: The "Suck.On.This." video is now available from John Amato, Thomas Friedman and Iraq: Suck on This!: UPDATED with Video 11/18/2007)
Friedman is one of the most influential columnists in the country and is considered a Very Serious commentator on foreign affairs by the Beltway Village. Being conventionally wrong about something as important as the Iraq War is a badge of credibility in the Village. This video of Friedman being interviewed by Charlie Rose on on 05/30/03 during the early weeks of the war is a reminder of what is considered Serious Foreign Policy Commentary by our press today:
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"Every ten years or so, the United States needs to pick up some small crappy little country and throw it against the wall, just to show the world we mean business." ~ flabby chicken hawk Jonah Goldberg relates Michael Ledeen's view on American Power Projection.
Ledeen has graduated to Birtherite Scion and to intellectually dishonest seriously punk'd status for relaying the Obama Constitution thesis "satire" post.
Sadly, it's unlikely to diminish his reputation among Republicans.
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