It could have been a bar mitzvah gone totally wrong. Friedman in his column today " Driving Towards Middle East..." rants in the first person. He used " I " and/or " me" 9 times in describing his personal demands to isolate Iran and stop it from making a nuclear bomb. He was having a hissing fit. He gave directives to China, Russia, India, Bush/Cheney and even American motorists. Namely stop using Middle East oil and drive Iran and others into poverty. The elevated delusional level of rant was akin to a speech by Hitler or a 13-year old " son of divine law " who got too many Rolex's and not one phone call from a gentile coed !
Maybe things are getting close to getting resolved in the Middle East ? With the " Butcher of Beirut " Ariel Sharon out of the way and his replacement showing some flexibility. Rants like Friedmans and recent equivalents by Wm. Kristol of PNAC and David Brooks also of the Times point to a possible two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian injustice. Todays news of Russia inviting Hamas to Moscow can only be positive.
But sons of Zion were raised on a one- state solution. So when the reality doesn't fit the family's dream story, tempers will flair.
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