Tommy Too Late:

In a New York Times column dated May 13th 2004 Tom Friedman wrote the following:

Why, in the face of rampant looting in the war's aftermath, which dug us into such a deep and costly hole, wouldn't Mr. Rumsfeld put more troops into Iraq? Politics. First of all, Rummy wanted to crush once and for all the Powell doctrine, which says you fight a war like this only with overwhelming force. I know this is hard to believe, but the Pentagon crew hated Colin Powell, and wanted to see him humiliated 10 times more than Saddam. Second, Rummy wanted to prove to all those U.S. generals whose Army he was intent on downsizing that a small, mobile, high-tech force was all you needed today to take over a country. Third, the White House always knew this was a war of choice — its choice — so it made sure that average Americans never had to pay any price or bear any burden. Thus, it couldn't call up too many reservists, let alone have a draft. Yes, there was a contradiction between the Bush war on taxes and the Bush war on terrorism. But it was resolved: the Bush team decided to lower taxes rather than raise troop levels

NICE TRY TOM!

YER NOT FOOLING ANYONE YOU SPINELESS LACKWIT!

Now...after civilians are getting beheaded, prisoners tortured, and the whole of Iraq run like the Hell's Angels gone amok...NOW Terrible Tom Friedman suddenly decides to change sides and come out against the war.
Anything to get out ahead of the crowd so you can maintain the fiction that you are leading it somewhere.

And not fer nuthin'...but am I the only person in America who recalls Friedman's many many appearances on the Imus in the Morning program in which he fairly defecated himself at the mere mention of Donald Rumsfeld's name?
My Ghod Friedman used to howl and squeak his servile praise for the Secretary of Defense...it got pretty disgusting after a while.
"Th-those t-terrorists weren't counting on good old DON RUMSFELD I-Man!!" cringed the Times columnist.
Now suddenly Rummy is a bad guy.
And then there was the time Tom saw a pile of human skulls in Iraq and proclaimed that revolting sight all the justification for war that he needed.
Good Gawd, what is to be done?!
The only thing worse than having Tom Friedman as an opponent is having him as a ally even a de facto one.

Sick
Demented
Typical!