[Steve_Seattle]

Friedman is one liberal who "gets it" about Iraq, who appreciates the boldness and promise (and the risks) of what we are attempting there. Meanwhile, other liberals (Dean, Kerry, Gore, the media) are just trying to use the situation for domestic political advantage.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Friedman is one liberal who "gets it" about Iraq, who appreciates the boldness and promise (and the risks) of what we are attempting there.

No, he really doesn't get it -- this was just one of those rare moments of lucidity for him.

Usually, he's busy wasting column inches bleating and bitching about the Likud party, and hectoring Israel and the GOP with his moral equivalence bullclinton re: the Middle East. He can't ever criticize the so-called palis without leveling some sort of equivalent criticism of Israel, lest he appear anything but "balanced" and "fair."

The "NY Slimes/Saudi Peace Plan" just shows what pompous, self-impressed gasbag he truly is. Like I said, he has his moments of clarity, but for the most part, he's a leftist who's more concerned with maintaining his sophisticated facade of "balance" and "fairness."