Thomas Friedman reminds me of an idiot savant (like Dustin Hoffman's character in the movie Rain Man.) He has occasional bursts of brilliant thought when he is not (for most of the time) a drooling imbecile.
One of the most concise assessments of Tom Friedman I've heard in a long time. My suggestion to Friedman's newest thought ball is to have Friedman volunteer to personally guard the Temple Mount by himself. Of course, he'd be among friends....