Tom Friedman metaphor watch:

Friedman was on the Charlie Rose Show this Monday (15 Sep 2003). Here are some metaphors that should be appearing in upcoming columns:

• We have "dropped the ball" in terms of providing resources for Iraq reconstruction.
• Re Rumsfeld saying we have enough troops: We have entered the "Twilight Zone".
• "We defeated the Flintstones". (Iraq was actually a poor country.)
• Baghdad is "Bedrock". (Another Flintstones metaphor.)
• We have found ourselves in a "Black Hole". (Messy situation in Iraq.)
• The Iraqi population is like "a dog that's been kicked too many times".
• Rebuilding Iraq: Friedman is worried about "too many chefs in the kitchen". (Too many competing interests: U.S., U.N., et al)

posted by Quiddity at 9/16/2003 01:01:00 PM