May 16, 2007
Op-Ed Columnist
Failing by Example
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
If you want to know why we are losing in Iraq...[Bush/Cheney's] degree of partisanship — loyalty over competence — was destructive in a much bigger way...
Democrats need to be careful, though, that they don’t let their rage with the hypocrisy of Mr. Bush make them totally crazy, and blind them to the fact that they — we — still need a credible plan to deal with the very real threat to open societies posed by Islamist terrorism...
Thomas Friedman again.
I can't believe that this guy still has a job.
How long do we have to read/watch some worthless hack with a zero average on the Iraq disaster pretend to have any credibility on the subject?
He solemnly states what was obvious three years ago, and then, to demonstrate his obligatory "centrist"/"bipartisan" beltway bona fides, dutifully regurgitates the old Broderist Sunday talk-show "Democrats must be careful to not overreach" trope.
Because in Tom's world he's still right about "Islamo-fascism" and all that..even if he's been wrong about everything else (every four-to-six months) for the past five years!
Here's what I think about his wretched piece...
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