[68skylark]

I am one of those who is glad to have a vivid accounts from Iraq, like this one from John Burns.

But I have to agree with the theme of some other people here -- it seems to me like the NY Times is really getting on the anti-Saddam bandwagon only now that the regime is gone.

I think it's fair to ask what they knew about Iraq in the months before the war started. I'm sorry to say that I bet they knew a lot more than they printed, and I suspect they held back information only because of their anti-Bush animus.

Is that a fair suspicion?

[HAL9000]

There's often an exception to the rule, e.g. Burns or Safire.