Bill Bonner on Tom Friedman on suicide bombers

Bill Bonner at LRC thanks Tom Friedman for enlightening us on the practical implications of suicide bombing:

And now for Friedman's pièce de résistance: "You cannot build a healthy state from suicide bombers."

We've always wondered about that, haven't you dear reader? We mean, how you build a healthy state and all. Many times it has come up in dinner conversations, some people arguing that blowing yourself up really can help strengthen the foundations of a healthy, modern republic. Didn't the whole universe get started with a big bang, they point out? Others take the contrary view, of course. They argue that self-detonation has a tendency to disaggregate the body politic; things tend to come apart rather than together, they say.

We could have gone either way. So, we're glad Friedman has finally delivered a verdict on this vital issue. Someone should tell the suicide bombers; they have a right to know.