THE NEW YORK TIMES, PT.1

There’s an editorial in the New York Times they probably wanted to title, “AH-HA!” The editorial is a rabble-rousing bit about how the Bush administration came out and said there is no direct evidence connection Iraq and the attacks of 9/11. Of course, the administration never said there was either, but because 69% of Americans feel there was a connection, then President Bush wasn’t doing enough to dispel it.

First of all, we do need to stress the administration DIDN’T come out and claim a connection. I, for one, never thought Saddam had anything to do with the attacks, but I always felt he would do it if he could. Wasn’t there a cruise missile attack by Bill Clinton because Saddam was planning a “terrorist” attack on former President Bush?

First of all again, The New York Times is doing EXACTLY what they are accusing Dick Cheney, et al of in this editorial – not exactly saying something, but giving the impression they did. They never come right out and say the Bush Administration lied, but they sure do hint at it.

“White House aides will tell you that Mr. Bush never made that charge directly. And that is so. But polls show that lots of Americans believe in the link. That is at least in part because the president's aides have left the implication burning.”

“Mr. Cheney was careful then not to claim that any evidence really linked Mr. Hussein to the 2001 attacks. But he drew a convoluted argument about Mr. Hussein's ties to Al Qaeda and suggested in closing that he was not telling all he knew because he did not want to reveal top secrets.”

But, then again, The New York Times is not known for it’s application of it’s rules for others to itself.

To cap it, they slip in a little lie to make sure we all get the point. Well, it’s not a lie per se, it’s an assertion and the evidence to prove it doesn’t prove it at all:

“President Bush himself drew a dotted line from the 9/11 attack in declaring the end of hostilities in Iraq. "The battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on Sept. 11, 2001, and still goes on," Mr. Bush said.”

There is no dotted line there! He was saying the greater war on terror is moving right along, not object one (Iraq) was connected to object two (9/11).