Issue:The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Ballots and Boycotts:

Specific: "That civil war was started by the Sunni Baathists, and their Islamist fascist allies from around the region, the minute the U.S. toppled Saddam. And they started that war not because they felt the Iraqi elections were going to be rigged, but because they knew they weren't going to be rigged."

Comment: Tom Friedman speaks with logic and reason. Can the President?