New York Times Columnist Line of the Day – 18 June 2014

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If you’re one of the three people who reads this here premier “web log ,” you may once in a blue moon have checked out the New York Times op-ed page. You might even recognize the names of the columnists, who every day spout the most conventionally wise of the conventional wisdom. This is a feature that is dedicated to these folks, highlighting one line that is either funny, ridiculous, strange, or actually intelligent or well-written.

Today’s is from Thomas Friedman, who in his column today “What to do with the Twin?” writes:

The post-Saddam generation of Iraqi leaders turned out to be like abused children who went on to be abusive parents.