OMG! The TIMES the New York Times Sunday Editorial: Leave Iraq Now

[Robbien]

this commentary is from E&P

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.

http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003608628

:wow:

[smtpgirl]

1. Vietnam all over again

What does it take??

These people in this administration need to leave now

[amandabeech]

2. The Times has a lot of 'splainin' to do on its Iraq coverage and

editorial policy.

This is about 3,500 lives too late.

[bahrbearian]

4. Judith Miller can explain it for them.

[amandabeech]

8. Now that I would like to read.

I'm sure it would be postively Nixonian.

[UpInArms]

11. here's the direct link

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/opinion/08sun1.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

free registration or try www.bugmenot.com

:hi:

[zippy890]

12. thanks for the link - its worth reading the whole thing

"IT IS TIME FOR THE UNITED STATES TO LEAVE IRAQ, WITHOUT ANY MORE DELAY THAN THE PENTAGON NEEDS TO ORGANIZE AN ORDERLY EXIT"

..........

Thats the first sentence!!

Excellent editorial.

[Terri S]

5. I'll say!!

Not to mention their aid in selling the war to begin with. Interesting, Tenet tries to get out of his role, Colin Powell is saying he 'argued for 2 1/2 hours' against the war with *, now one of the media's greatest accomplices in this trumped up war is calling for us to get out.

When the devils finally get their due where Iraq is concerned, the NYT needs it's own personal jail cell!

[amandabeech]

7. Maybe someone will take all those beat-up Strykers and Humvees

from Iraq and barricade the Times building in NYC.

I have absolutely had it with them.

All the news that's fit to print, my ass!!

[nolabels]

9. Maybe it would be better if companies like NYT leave the bird cage liner blank..

P.S. it does look a lot more hygienic that way, doesn't it :shrug:

[UpInArms]

10. 3605

http://icasualties.org/oif/

Period	US	UK	Other*	Total	Avg	Days
6 	519	28	4	551	3.51	157
5 	933	32	20	985	2.39	412
4 	715	13	18	746	2.35	318
3 	580	25	27	632	2.93	216
2 	718	27	59	804	1.9	424
1 	140	33	0	173	4.02	43
Total	3605	158	128	3891	2.48	1570

[jeff30997]

3. Wow!

I have goosebumps!

[Robbien]

6. Me too. Thinking, is this really the start of the end?

Maybe so. Maybe so.