I read it [here], I just can’t quite believe it. Part of the problem is trying to picture the world as he thinks it ought to be, as it could be with the right sort of U.S. policy, of course.
One brief fleeting acknowledgment that ” Yes, in the wake of 9/11, we need new precautions, new barriers”. Such as…? What specific precautions and barriers would a Democratic Congress or, God forbid, a Democratic administration consider acceptable? On what evidence?
But after that throw away line, the whole point of the column seems to be that we really need to just get over it and get on with life.
Like we did after the first World Trade Center bombing?
Like we did after the embassy bombings in Africa?
Like we did after the bombing of the USS Cole?
Like how, Mr. Friedman?
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