The NYT can go to hell. That’s the nicest way I can say it, but far from how I’d really like to say it.

And how was Bush to blame?

You are not an advocate for starting a war with Iran, are you?
Johan Klaus on June 9, 2008 at 9:19 AM

I’m advocating finishing the war with Iran. They declared war on us in 1980… when Jimmy Carter was president.
They’ve been at war with us for 28 years. In the last 5 years we’ve had 4,000 fatalities in Iraq. Iran has been responsible – either directly or indirectly – for more thatn half of them.
It’s been a one-sided war; it’s about time we fought back.

infidel65 on June 9, 2008 at 9:29 AM

I agree with infidel65, but I would add that the muslims have enslaving and killing us Westerners for 14 centuries. And it’s just not us. Look how absolutely barbarically the muslims behaved in India–Hitler or Pol Pot level of evil.
China had better start taking Islam more seriously than Falun Gong.

Either the New York Times has replaced its entire editorial board, or the US has become so successful against al-Qaeda that they can’t avoid reporting it.

Or, as others have posted, there is a cynical reason–with Iraq off the table, as the US public has deemed it, acknowledging success paves the way for the one big issue that will determine the election — gas prices. It will be easy to blame the Reps for it, as they are just as guilty as the Dems for the debacle.

techno_barbarian on June 9, 2008 at 10:26 AM

I tend to agree.

…This is an attempt to take the War out of the Presidential election. The strongest argument for McCain is national security. It is hard to argue national security if national security is old news.

Limerick on June 9, 2008 at 8:33 AM

That’s what it seems like to me. The NYT just ran a story on the al-Qaeda branch in the NWFP dictating terms to the docile Pakistani government, with nukes. That’s hardly comforting. Obama was right about bombing Pakistan, as he was about Jerusalem. His ‘gaffes’ are sometimes correct, as opposed to his real opinions which aren’t.

In Indonesia, the Australian police provided sophisticated electronic surveillance capabilities

FISA!…. Doh!

Watch and see. I’ll bet it happens pretty much exactly that way.

Might backfire, though, when people start looking at the wisdom of complete withdrawal with the threat of action against iran on the horizon. We’ll soon see.

Scum.

The Times must be starting to make Obama’s bed.

The NY Times is correct to be optimistic but cautiously so. Things can still go wrong but I’m glad to see even them reporting progress (might benefit the Bush Admin. or something.. can’t have that).

It also seems that similar tactics that work in Iraq are also working in in SE Asia. More focus on civil projects to improve infrastructure to name one. Also, just like in Iraq, it seems the terrorists in question are victims of their own “success” of sorts in that their attacks kill more of those they’re trying to get on their side than anything else which turns aways those potential supporters.

Hopefully the trend of success continues here as well. Yes we can – win the war on terror.

Tony737 on June 9, 2008 at 9:49 AM

Here’s one that KILLS them, when they start whining about “wiretaps” and “loss of Civil Liberties” and “checking out my Internet sites”!

I say: “Will I don’t care, I pay my taxes and don’t cheat on them, I served in the Military so the Government knows exactly where I am; I don’t talk to Terrorists, nor plan terrorist attacks, I don’t do drugs or deal drugs, and I don’t visit kiddie porn sites, and don’t abuse or have sex with kids, so what do I have to worry about? In fact, which one(s) of those do you do, that you’re so worried about the Government knowing what you do??”

That shuts them up everytime!

Answer: Leftists believe in all, and do everyone one of them, that’s why they’re Leftists, but they’ll never admit that!

Here’s the kicker: They say it would seem to benefit John McCain but it could actually help Barack Obama.

Go figure….

Form of … anti-American anti-war hippie protester!

Shape of … NYT reporter!

Hey, we really ARE twins!

Ha, yeah, I think we’ve all had this same conversation. I crack up when they say “Uh, um, well, now the govt knows what library books I check out!” I ask ‘em “When was the last time you went to the library?” Sputter, studder, stamp feet, curse, walk away.

Oh, ok, so if the terrorists were killing more of us and less of them, they’d be in full zombie support mode. That’s great. Allahu akbar! LALALALALA!!

It’s been a one-sided war; it’s about time we fought back.

infidel65 on June 9, 2008 at 9:29 AM

Amen.

I have a peer at work, who since 9/12, has been railing against “Bush stealing our civil liberties”, exactly the same type of crap!

So, I ask him exactly the same type of question you do “Tell me what civil liberty you’ve personally lost??”

He starts sputtering, ranting against Bush, the Iraq War, etc., and when I pin him down on the exact question, this is his answer “I…I….I have to take my shoes off when I go to the airport!”

Wow, Anti-American Leftists and Logic, like North/South on a magnet, polar opposites!

I also ask him, “Ever think of blaming the actual Bombers and Terrorists for the fact you have to take your shoes off, instead of say…..President Bush!”

That’s usually enough to make him start swearing and turn around and walk away!

Ah, gotta love the Anti-American/Pro-Jihadi Left (TM)!

What a pathetic bunch…

You are not an advocate for starting a war with Iran, are you?

I’m advocating finishing the war with Iran. They declared war on us in 1980… when Jimmy Carter was president.
They’ve been at war with us for 28 years. In the last 5 years we’ve had 4,000 fatalities in Iraq. Iran has been responsible – either directly or indirectly – for more thatn half of them.
It’s been a one-sided war; it’s about time we fought back.