[detch]

Another attack on the Administration by Friedman. President Bush will be remembered as the President who finally drew a line in the sand against the terrorists. Friedman will have been forgotten for his liberal, biased reporting.

[Backwoods Southern Lawyer]

It is not so much of an attack as it is constructive criticism and it is justified criticism. There was no excuse for Powell's absense. For the most part, Friedman has been in Bush's corner on his Mid-East/War on Terror policies are concerned. When Friedman comments on matters such as this [remember, he is telling the Administration to be tough, not to cut and run, or that we should not be in Iraq, Afganistan, etc. in the first place], it is worth listening to what he says.