Sunday, May 05, 2024
Miles from the Mainstream
D. R. ZUKERMAN, proprietor

Thomas L. Friedman, where are you?

October 5, 2015 --

The Times editorial, "Israel and America After the Iran Deal," , stated, in part: "Now that congressional Democrats have blocked a Republican effort to kill the Iran nuclear deal, attention is shifting to what America must to to reassure Israel and its American supporters that the agreement will not harm Israel's security."

To be accurate, shouldn't the editorial have read: "Now that the Democrat minority in Congress blocked the Republicans..."?

Please compare to your October 2, 2013 column warning that a conservative minority will destroy our democracy -- a column that also suggested to LPR that Republican control of the House was illegitimate, based on gerrymandering that established "'safe, lilywhite' Republcan strongholds that are, in effect, an 'alternative universe' to the country's diverse reality."

Almost forgot, this September 24 editorial manged to include a slap at Israel to warm the hearts of J Streeters: "...Israel undermines stability [in the Mideast] by failing to negotiate peace with the Palestinians."