The New York Times pays people to write only negative news about Iraq. How come that's not a problem?
In europe it is standard procedure for reporters to be given "gratuities" from politicians.
The NYT KNOWS this information.
It is like cassablanca, "shocked, shocked, shocked I say..."
What is REALLY going on is that the NYT is trying to help the Democrats declare "defeat" as the reason troops are being pulled.
By the standards of the democrat party, the United States lost the revolutionary war because the soldiers went back to their homes at the end.
I literally yelled (almost) the same thing at the girl reading the 6:00 update on ABC radio news.