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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 07:59 AM

    Big Stick Economics

    "If you are going to fight a global financial panic like this, you have to go at it with overwhelming force"

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/opinion/16friedman.html?em

    Seems to be Mr. Friedman's M.O.

    btw, does all this talk of big sticks mean the term "Friedman Unit" needs to be redefined?

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