Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean someone isn't trying to kill you

I really did plan to go to sleep for the night. But I made the mistake of first reading my comments. And there was NormanF pointing out the fact that Roger Cohen's article in Monday's New York Times is already online. It's difficult to bottle up the visceral anger I feel at nearly every one of Cohen's articles. So I'm staying up even later to respond. I'm going to limit myself to answering three