Monday, October 25, 2004

Iraqi nickname for U.S. troops: 'The Jews'

It's not like Thomas Friedman needs a link on my insignificant blog to increase his readership, but his latest New York Times column discusses how Iraqis are referring to U.S. soldiers in their country as 'The Jews' and what this says about Israel and the conflict with the Palestinians.

[Harry comments that Friedman compares the far-right in Israel to Hezbollah and that this is inappropriate. My left-wing eyes missed this in my read of the column, but I agree with Harry. See the comments section for more on this.]