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Thomas Friedman – Just Another Face In The Arab Mob

Published: February 23rd, 2011
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Thomas Friedman, of course, does not live in a country surrounded by neighbors where journalists are beaten and sexually abused by a mob of “democracy supporters,” where a terror potentate threatens invasion and conquest, or where much of the population is enamored of a mass child-murderer.

How much easier to visit the Middle East for a jaunt, hobnobbing with the Facebook and Twitter-savvy youth in Tahrir Square, and direct one’s bile at Israel.

At least Thomas Friedman fits in.

P. David Hornik is a freelance writer and translator living in Israel. He blogs at http://pdavidhornik.typepad.com.

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