In a way, Thomas Friedman is partly responsible for what’s happening in Israel right now. His disastrous column promoting the Saudi peace scam led to a sense of impending victory in the Arab/Palestinian world, a feeling that the Palestinians’ barbaric strategy of suicide terrorism could actually succeed in forcing Israel into the sea.

I haven’t even wanted to read Friedman since that big sloppy wet kiss on Abdullah’s buttocks.

But in today’s NY Times he makes a start toward redeeming himself, with a piece explaining why the sick new form of warfare that fills Palestinian hearts with such demonic glee must be mercilessly crushed: Suicidal Lies.

Let’s be very clear: Palestinians have adopted suicide bombing as a strategic choice, not out of desperation. This threatens all civilization because if suicide bombing is allowed to work in Israel, then, like hijacking and airplane bombing, it will be copied and will eventually lead to a bomber strapped with a nuclear device threatening entire nations. That is why the whole world must see this Palestinian suicide strategy defeated.

The prose is a little clumsy, but the point is exactly right. If it works for them in the Middle East, they’ll be coming for us next—and sooner, rather than later.