[Billthedrill]

The piece is a little confusing in its brefity. Bowen was criticized for being biased against Israel; Fisk complains that he wasn't biased enough. The last line makes it a little clearer:

As for Robert Fisk, he is one of the few journalists who can lay claim to repeatedly saying things as idiotic about the Middle East as New York Times columnist Roger Cohen.

Were it not for Fisk we'd never have known about the brilliant defense of Baghdad airport by the Iraqi army...uh...that never happened.

[Billthedrill]

brefity = brevity. Not enough coffee yet.