The Central Truth (Thomas Friedman - NY Times)


	The Central Truth (Thomas Friedman - NY Times)

Kore7

9-10-2006 12:00 PM

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friedman, thomas friedman, nytimes, bush, cheney, rumsfeld, bush administration, iraq, war, history, legacy, failure

Kore7 says:

And then, the conundrum on everyone's mind:

It truly, truly baffles me why a president who bet so much of his legacy on this project never gave it his best shot and tolerated so much incompetence. He summoned us to D-Day and gave us the moral equivalent of the invasion of Panama.

(Published Sept. 8, 2006.)

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9-10-2006 4:52 PM

tpq62

For me, probably the most interesting thing about this is that it is Thomas Friedman, who was such a relentless cheerleader for the invasion.

9-10-2006 9:00 PM

Kore7

Indeed.

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