Comments on: Thomas Friedman: Hooked on War

By: Max Shields

Max Shields — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 20:11:38 +0000

What makes Friedman so dangerous is that he hides behind a faux-liberalism and is allowed a large and frequent platform without rebuttal.

Perhaps a campaign to demand equal time, or a debate of his failed ideas should be the route those of us who have found his influence to far beyond the pale.

I’d say Chomsky or Finkelstein, but Friedman is such a light weight that the mere hint of opposition would collapse him. He’s intellect is soft and flabby – out in round one.

By: gerald spezio

gerald spezio — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 16:30:29 +0000

Lila & Mulga, please click to the referred site above showing Tom on video nodding dutifully to the Israeli propaganda. It is classic.

By: Lila Rajiva

Lila Rajiva — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 13:37:16 +0000

Thomas Friedman’s punditry probably did more than anyone else’s to legitimize the Iraq war. It comes off on the surface as bland and even good-natured — which is precisely why it is so dangerous and deserving of thorough deconstruction:

Some quotes:

[the Iraq war is] “the most important liberal, revolutionary U.S. democracy building project since the Marshall Plan.”

“Nurturing is our real goal in Iraq.”

“The U.S. and France are now at war.”

“We need an Office of Evil…”

And of course, the most famous:

“The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist. McDonald’s cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas… And the hidden fist that keeps the world safe for Silicon Valley’s technologies to flourish is called the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps.”

Enough said.

By: Mulga Mumblebrain

Mulga Mumblebrain — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:31:49 +0000

The endless sadism of Zionists like Friedman, their ‘Christian Zionists’ allies and their neo-con friends is the greatest danger the world has ever seen. You neglected to mention that the so-called ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Kosovo was a lie. The ethnic cleansing did occur, but later, under NATO occupation and it was of Serbs, not Albanians, as was the ‘cleansing’ of over 200,000 Serbs from Krajina in the early ’90′s. That ethnic cleansing was a ‘good’ one, the victims ‘unworthy’, as it was committed by Croat fascists, friends and allies of the US, Germany, in reward for its loyalty during WW2 and The Vatican, which provided assistance during the Ustashi genocide of the ’40′s, and then helped criminals like Pavelich and Artukovich to escape. Moreover in Kosovo the terrorist gang the KLA was aided both by al Qaeda and its creator, the US Government, in close alliance. Ironic, no? Friedman et al are, in my opinion, cynical, arrogant and vicious racists. They enjoy seeing untermenschen suffer, and even make little jokes over it. They have had a field-day since that ‘holy fool’ Gorbachev surrendered, for the understandable reason that he realised the ‘fanatic mindset’ of the Reaganites included first-strike nuclear war. Unfortunately he believed ‘taking away your enemy’ would somehow rob the US of a reason for its cruelty, and aggression. He seems not to have realised, but apparently does now, that you cannot make deals with people who believe they are God’s elect, and who revel in murder and destruction.

By: gerald spezio

gerald spezio — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:43:05 +0000

If anybody has viewed the video of Tom Friedman , Woolsey, etc; please let me know on this blog. Grazi.

By: gerald spezio

gerald spezio — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:39:40 +0000

Norman, calling Zionist mouthpiece Tom Friedman a sadist is much too kind.
Accessory to murder would be more precise.

Here is Tommy boy beating his Israeli tom-tom on video.
http://setamericafree.org/

As you can see, Tom agonizes about America’s addiction to Arab oil and he wants to set America free of it!

By: gerald spezio

gerald spezio — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:34:20 +0000

Norman, calling Zionist/propagandist, Tom Friedman, is too kind. Accessory to Murder is much more precise.

Here is Tommy boy beating his tom-tom for the Lobby on video.
http://setamericafree.org/

Tom cares about America’s dependence on Arab oil, alright.