skippy the bush kangaroo

Monday, April 23, 2007

optimism

according to crooks & liars, tom friedman has abandoned the friedman unit:

BLITZER: So when Harry Reid says the war is lost, you are not there yet. You haven't come to that conclusion yet.

FRIEDMAN: I mean, I certainly think that we're on our very,very, very, very last legs. You know, we certainly haven't won, that's for sure. And I see no sign right now that we're winning because the question I'm looking for is, is that political deal coming together? And I don't see it.

we think amato is too optimistic in his reading of friedman. later in the interview, mr. f.u. opines,

BLITZER: What would it take for me to wake up one morning and see a headline in a Thomas Friedman column on the op-ed page of The New York Times, and the headline is, "The War is Lost"?

FRIEDMAN: Well, you know, I think that we're going to come to a
conclusion very soon. General Petraeus has told us by the end of the
summer that he's promised, we're going to see whether the surge is
working or not. And certainly, I'm ready to wait for him.

perhaps he's recalibated the f.u. to four monthes. we think it's more likely, however, that on labor day, mr. friedman will discover aWol's stash of wooden legs.
posted by Pudentilla at 6:12 AM |

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