While Tom Friedman is a skilled writer, he is cut from the same elitist snob cloth as John Kerry is. He "knows" that he grasps the nuances better than we do.
The old "you're a chickenhawk so shut up!" argument, once more.
Don't you dare criticize the four-months-in-'Nam war hero ever again!
(That'll show 'em, those rightwingers!)
;^)