Historic Editorial:NYT says we should bring troops home

[Yellowdogtexan]

This is really a great editorial and I have seen some claiming that this editorial may well be a turning point in bringing our troops home from Iraq. Here is a link to the editorial (which is much too long to post on this thread) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/opinion/08sun1.html?ei=5090&en=48e1d6f4c885ef0a&ex=1341547200&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=printOne passage that I really agreed with is the following: Despite President Bush’s repeated claims, Al Qaeda had no significant foothold in Iraq before the invasion, which gave it new base camps, new recruits and new prestige.

This war diverted Pentagon resources from Afghanistan, where the military had a real chance to hunt down Al Qaeda’s leaders. It alienated essential allies in the war against terrorism. It drained the strength and readiness of American troops.

And it created a new front where the United States will have to continue to battle terrorist forces and enlist local allies who reject the idea of an Iraq hijacked by international terrorists. The military will need resources and bases to stanch this self- inflicted wound for the foreseeable future.The conclusion of this editorial is right and is powerful President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have used demagoguery and fear to quell Americans’ demands for an end to this war. They say withdrawing will create bloodshed and chaos and encourage terrorists. Actually, all of that has already happened — the result of this unnecessary invasion and the incompetent management of this war.

This country faces a choice. We can go on allowing Mr. Bush to drag out this war without end or purpose. Or we can insist that American troops are withdrawn as quickly and safely as we can manage — with as much effort as possible to stop the chaos from spreading.

[Semantics]

Great editorial, and filled with plenty of TRUTH. :clap


I'm glad to see it finally getting out there. :)

[Yellowdogtexan]

As I noted, this editorial may be historic and may mark a turning point in the fight to bring our troops home. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003608628NEW YORK At a critical moment, with Republicans in Congress starting to abandon President Bush on Iraq, The New York Times for its Sunday edition has published what may one day be viewed as a historic editorial.

It is titled, "The Road Home," and opens: "It is time for the United States to leave Iraq, without any more delay than the Pentagon needs to organize an orderly exit."

As long chronicled by E&P, very few newspapers in the U.S. have endorsed a withdrawal from Iraq or even a timetable for that, despite the overwhelming shift in public opinion on that question. Momentum has started to shift in that direction, however, with a handful of papers -- from the Los Angeles Times to, just this week, The Olympian in Washington -- backing a pullout. Today, the Tuscaloosa (Ala.) News joined in under the headline, "Bush Stands Alone in His Failed Iraqi Democracy Plans."

Now the Times has added its considerable weight to this cause. The paper has long been very critical of the conduct of the war and skeptical of the "surge" but has never backed a withdrawal. Or as the editorial puts it on Sunday: "Like many Americans, we have put off that conclusion, waiting for a sign that President Bush was seriously trying to dig the United States out of the disaster he created by invading Iraq without sufficient cause, in the face of global opposition, and without a plan to stabilize the country afterward."The tide is turning. Hopefully, the remaining republicans in congress will cooperate and support the plans to bring our troops home

[Trueblue]

:paclap

[Kurtz]

Geeez, I wonder how History will write this endin' story?
What a friggin' distortion of truth all because bush had
to be perceived as right and called by God. :roll

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