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Wednesday, May 14, 2008 12:00 AM

Tom Friedman's latest declaration of war

The nation's leading foreign policy pundit finds the new Soviet Union.

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  • Wednesday, May 14, 2008 06:17 AM

    I've never heard the term used in quite this fashion...

    And now Friedman has shifted his phallic, warmongering eyes from Iraq to Iran.

    Glenn, did you just call Friedman a "dick"? Pretty funny. (I'll grasp at my humor straws humor where I can find 'em, inasmuch as the rest of the post, and what it says about Serious U.S. foreign policy is so bleak).

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