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Sunday, November 18, 2007 12:00 AM

The Tom Friedman of 2002 has not gone anywhere

The influential foreign policy pundit continues to spout the same adolescent infatuations with warmongering that led him to cheer on the Iraq war.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Sunday, November 18, 2007 01:09 PM

    Shooter242

    "The real reason pop psych isn't relevant though, is that to reach the levels of Government where policy is made, requires a character disorder. Mature, secure, grown-ups don't have a need to be celebrated by crowds or desire the power to govern the lives of millions on a world stage."

    So you figure Gandhi was motivated by nothing more than an immature desire for attention?

    Interesting.

    Pamela Troy

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