[Peace-discuss] Flacks usually can't write

[C. G. Estabrook]

>From 
<http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-chait/84059/tom-friedmans-volcano-wakeup-call>:

A very clever friend sends over today's Tom Friedman column 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/23/opinion/23friedman.html?_r=1&hp> edited down 
to nothing but mixed metaphors and cliches:

    A wake-up call's mother is unfolding.  At the other end is a bell, which is
    telling us we have built a house at the foot of a volcano. The volcano is
    spewing lava, which says move your house. The road will be long and rocky,
    but it will trigger a shift before it kicks. We can capture some of it. IF
    the Middle East was a collection of gas stations, Saudi Arabia would be a
    station. Iran, Kuwait , Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Iraq, and the United Arab
    Emirates would all be stations. Guys, here's the deal. Don't hassle the
    Jews. You are insulated from history. History is back. Fasten your seat
    belts. Don't expect a joy ride because the lid is blowing off. The west
    turned a blind eye, but the report was prophetic, with key evidence.
    Societies are frozen in time. No one should have any illusions. Root for the
    return to history, but not in the middle.

My friend could have published this himself, but he was between a rock and a 
hard place with no easy answers.

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