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Sunday, November 30, 2008 12:00 AM

The Dangers of Revisionism: Tom Friedman tries to hide his "very big stick"

Re-writing the history of the Iraq War threatens to suppress the vital lessons that should be learned from it.

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  • Sunday, November 30, 2008 09:49 AM

    Well, kids . . .

    Why don't you stop the group groping and get back on point.

    Friedman's putative revisionism aside.

    Since there's no going back, going forward with something that resembles - however imperfectly - rational, objective, and participatory rule is only another sign of failure because?

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