Perverse Pontification by Friedman of the New York Times

Thomas Friedman supports arming ISIS, how low has the NY Times gotten?

For unedited version, this is a Facebook post by  Syed Riaz Malik Al Hajaji

It is not just his selective, hypocritical and trite appropriation of other people’s bad ideas and analysis that endears Tom to the everyday douchebag. It his also the ability to switch comfortably between false humility and braggadocio while never veering too far away from being pompous that endears him to third rate journalists – and first rate morons.

He was one of the cheerleaders of the Invasion of Iraq and now he is coyly and obliquely suggesting the perverse idea of arming ISIS.

I could not pick a better image picture for Mr. Friedman than the one that came with this article. From his expression, it seems that Thomas Friedman has typically been masticating for too long on Saudi Riyals and is now trying hard to excrete his usual rational-sounding rubbish.

Tom, a little integrity fiber is urgently required for a healthy discourse.

Post based on reaction to the article Tom Friedman starring in Go Ahead, Ruin My Day. excerpts and reactions of which are posted in the following link.

Here are some examples:

Tom Friedman's proposal that we explore arming ISIS is both weird and ignores the fact that we already did…http://t.co/v8uQfyK2K2

— Peter W. Singer (@peterwsinger) March 18, 2015

In the long list of insane Friedman columns, this one where he sees ISIS as bulwark agst Iran must rank in the top 5 http://t.co/j1i50Tom1K

— Emile Hokayem (@emile_hokayem) March 18, 2015

Friedman turns conventional wisdom on ISIS on its head, but it wrestles free and gives him a kick. Both tumble down: http://t.co/RT6hnQEod7

— Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) March 18, 2015