Friedman's latest book reveals his screwball thinking and inability to see whats really going on, so the fact that he can't understand what Osama is up to is not unexpected......
Basically, Osama is still reaping the benefits of the attacks on 911.
Osama thinks that he is the Great Destroyer of Empires. Osama believes that he bankrupted the old Soviet Union in the Afghanistan War.
And, Osama thinks he has duped Dubya & Co into a similar trap in Iraq.
The best thing that could have ever happen to Osama was for Dubya to invade Iraq. Saddam, as a secularist and socialist, was the arch-enemy of Osama & Co. Amazingly, Dubya took the bait!
By invading Iraq, Dubya has DESTABILIZED the entire middle east....especially those parts that Osama is interested in....like Saudi Arabia. And by invading Iraq Dubya has empowered the Shia....and by implication Iran, which almost gaurantees more Chaos.
DUBYA HAS MISTAKEN DESTABILIZATION FOR DEMOCRATIZATION! AND THAT IS THE GREAT FALLACY OF DUBYA AND THE NEOCONS.....
And now, Sharon has the Hutzpah to ask Dubya to take out Iran for him too before he withdraws from the West Bank.....! But what credibility does Sharon have now? He is a hunted man in his own country by all news accounts.
By "helping" Israel Dubya has put Israel on the brink of civil war....!
WHERE'S OSAMA? WELL, TOM, I THINK HE'S PROBABLY WATCHING CNN WITH A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE!
And for that we can thank Dubya, Wolfie, Rummy, Condi, Rovey and perhaps also Friedman and the others who have been apologists for Dubya's Disasterous policies......