Thomas Friedman’s cliche-spouting has entered the realm of geometry :

Rule 2: Any reporter or U.S. Army officer wanting to serve in Iraq should have to take a test, consisting of one question: “Do you think the shortest distance between two points is a straight line?” If you answer yes, you can’t go to Iraq. You can serve in Japan, Korea or Germany — not Iraq.

Yes, the lead foreign affairs columnist for the nation’s top newspaper is recycling his lame “Meet the Press” soundbites in print. Coming soon: How we need to square the circle in Afghanistan…