since the invasion, but Friedman is so deeply invested in the enterprise
that can't publicly reconcile himself with the magnitude of his own
failure. So he keeps on muttering manana...
I think you overestimate him. Friedman doesn't have any psychological investment in his mutterings. He's just a just a mountebank doing his patter. As long as it brings in the suckers, he gets his paycheque.
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Sandwichman
