Flash. Flash. Thomas Friedman finds two Arabs that he likes. One is Mithal Allusi: the only Iraqi who publicly (from behind bodyguards) calls for "peace with Israel" and the second is Sa`d Id-Din Ibrahim who is mightily inspired by Bush's invasion of Iraq. But the incidence with `Allus is misreported: he in fact did not pull him from his jacket; he hit him. So Friedman is in favor of beatings in parliaments provided that the beater is pro-US/pro-Israel.