- August 20, 2003, NYT
No Time to Lose in Iraq
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
"Everyone has advice now for the U.S.: bring in U.N. peacekeepers, bring in the French. They're all wrong. There are only two things we need: more Americans out back and more Iraqis out front."
August 31, 2003, NYT
Policy Lobotomy NeededBy THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
"Our Iraq strategy needs an emergency policy lobotomy. President Bush needs to shift to a more U.N.-friendly approach, with more emphasis on the Iraqi Army (the only force that can effectively protect religious sites in Iraq and separate the parties), and with more input from Secretary of State Colin Powell and less from the "we know everything and everyone else is stupid" civilian team running the Pentagon.
There is no question that we would benefit from a new U.N. mandate that puts U.S. forces in Iraq under a stronger U.N. umbrella."
I don't even know what this whole "lobotomy" metaphor means...
(thanks to antiphone)