Thomas Friedman: Yes, but What?
All this squabbling with the western left is getting a bit tiring. But I had to pass on an excellent column by Thomas Friedman of the New York Times, in which he takes issue with the Yesbut crowd. [Read the piece: you'll understand.] Friedman makes the key point: that US support for Israel and global economic inequality are red herrings. The Palestinians could have had an independent state on 95% of the West Bank and Gaza last year. And Arab poverty? The terrorists are disgruntled middle-class men from Saudi Arabia and Egypt, led by the son of a billionaire.