NY Times Ignores Consequences of Iraq Withdrawal

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

There's no denying that the recently-released National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq is anything but rosy. But the key question is 'where do we go from here?' The answer, for every one of the Dem presidential contenders, is 'home,' at varying rates of speed. In editorializing on the NIE report, don't you think, then, that it would have been appropriate for the New York Times to mention what the report foresaw as the result of a hasty withdrawal?

But the Times had better things to do with its ink, spending most of its editorial spinning the recent military success in Najaf in the most negative possible terms. In doing so, the Gray Lady ignored this key aspect of the report, as described here by CNN:

"The estimate also makes it clear, however, that simply walking away from Iraq may even be worse. If the U.S. makes a 'rapid withdrawal' from Iraq, a move many Democratic lawmakers have called for, the estimate said it could lead to the collapse of the Iraqi Security Forces, potentially plunging the country into a chaotic situation marked by "extreme ethno-sectarian violence with debilitating intra-group clashes."

To ignore this key conclusion, which goes to the heart of the debate raging in Washington today, is no mere negligence on the Times' part. It is nothing short of a journalistic fraud perpetrated on its readers.

Mark was in Iraq in November. Contact him at mark@gunhill.net

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Times-cherry-picking ping to Today show list.

[sgtbono2002]

******could lead to the collapse of the Iraqi Security Forces, potentially plunging the country into a chaotic situation marked by "extreme ethno-sectarian violence with debilitating intra-group clashes******

Pretty big words. Pretty fancy way of saying tribal warfare will break out as they all seek power at one time.

If that happened would Syria and Iran just sit and watch?/
It seems doubtful since they are th ones stirring the inter-tribal warfare.
So lets say Syria and Iran come into Iraq and take over. That gives Iran a way to get to Israel. Syria and Iran could join hands to destroy Israel,and since they dont gat along with the Saudi's and Kuwaiti's they will eventually get aoround to attacking them too. With the Palestinians right in there slaughtering people to their hearts content.
Now what dos this do to the oil fields of the Middle East.?

It puts them i the hands of the friends of Russia who has been selling Iran Missiles.

Now the Democrats evidently think we can sit here and be safe while all this is happening. They will be speaking diplomatically and kissing ass to bat the band while our enemies are growing stronger and Europe is sellingout to the Muslims.

[Piquaboy]

That is because all of the NW Slimes staff is ate up with a severe case of the Dumb A#$.

[Bulldawg Fan]

Why would anyone think that the Slimes would do anything different? This is the paper that prints photos of dying Americans in combat. How sleezy and disgusting. How typical.

[17th Miss Regt]

It is nothing short of a journalistic fraud perpetrated on its readers.

It is their standard journalistic fraud perpetrated on its readers.

There, fixed it.