Ok. I apologize for the "breaking" but I made the mistake of reading the Tom Friedman column in this morning's NYT. I won't link to it, since that just encourages the editors of the NYT to think that this drivel is work printing.
The gist of it is:
McCain is being unfairly treated, because he was right to support the surge, but that the best policy now toward Iraq is a timed withdrawal (a la Obama) with flexibility (and in Friedman's world that "flexibility" is McCain's position).
I don't recall when Obama said that he wouldn't be flexible if it's needed so I read this as throwing a sop to McCain.
Now let's get down to the nitty-gritty. Isn't this really the similar to the same Friedman-unit plagued storyline that Friedman has been feeding us since the war started? That of course we will get out, but we need to remain "flexible" and give the current policy another 6 months to work?
I'll admit there is a slight change of emphasis, but on the whole it's still the same old song and dance -- but this time with a big smooch to McCain.
Afterall, Friedman, like McCain, is one of the superrich. And they hang together.
Ok. End of rant.