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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.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Sunday, November 30, 2008 05:49 AM

    Tom Friedman is to the media what Joe Lieberman is to politics

    The only difference is that Friedman's presentation and cautioned rhetoric more acutely covers up his desire to see U.S. military power to execute Israel's desired wars. This is the binding principal in Joe Lieberman's politics. And it is the guiding light of Tommy Friedman's articles.

    Write it down: Tom Friedman will be hulking for war against Iran within 2 years. He'll cloak his words better this time, not telling the Persians to suck on any of his sticks or wood or other building materials. But given his stump, he will lay the media narrative of why bombing or invading Iran "must" be done. And none of his media counterparts will treat this as ridiculous, but instead reflect on Friedman's "deep understanding" of Middle East geopolitics.

    The only question is, are the American people too stupid to buy into this nonsense again?

    —Awklib Read Awklib's other letters

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