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To: LindyBill who wrote (97818)	1/31/2005 1:36:45 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793727

NY Times Editorial Page Still Won't Admit to Being Wrong By Bob Kohn The internal inconsistencies in tomorrow's lead editorial in the New York Times is emblematic of the pretzel the Times is forced weave each week to find fault with the Bush administration's policies on Iraq. Note the following paragraph: nytimes.com This page has not hesitated to criticize the Bush administration over its policies in Iraq, and we continue to have grave doubts about the overall direction of American strategy there. Yet today, along with other Americans, whether supporters or critics of the war, we rejoice in a heartening advance by the Iraqi people. For now at least, the multiple political failures that marked the run-up to the voting stand eclipsed by a remarkably successful election day. It would seem, rather, that the Times is in complete agreement with the "overall direction" of President's policies on Iraq. If the Times doesn't believe that a remarkably successful election day was a step right direction, it should say so. But it can't. As for the "political failures" that marked the run-up to the voting, the Times can only be referring to the cost of freedom. Yes, we and the Iraqi people have paid a price, and we will continue to do so. If by "political" failures the Times is referring to our relations with France and Germany (we got just about everyone else in Europe to support us), it is not the failure of the U.S. or the Iraqi's to get France and Germany behind the effort; it's France and Germany's failure to get behind the effort for freedom and democracy in the Middle East. It is time for the New York Times to stop blaming the United States for doing the right thing, and to re-direct their turrets of opinion toward those who would have us fail or those who would be free-riders upon our success. Come on, Gail Collins (Times editorial page editor): Bush was right and you were wrong. bobkohn.blogspot.com