A tsakiyar shekara ta 2008, mai ba da rahoto Helene Cooper na "The New York Times" ya rubuta cewa wani jami'in gwamnatin da ba a san sunansa ba ya bayyana Fried a matsayin "hawk" na manufofin kasashen waje a kan batun ko Amurka ta ba da taimakon soja ga al'ummar Georgia a cikin
jayayya ta yanki da Rasha.