[Nogbad]

Ping for a significant turn.

To my knowledge
this is the first time
that a major newspaper has admitted
the likelihood that the 09-11-01 anthrax
came from Iraq.

(This editorial also was printed in today's hard copy of the WSJ)

[aristeides]

It's not an editorial -- Bartley is no longer the editorial page editor (Paul Gigot took over for him,) this is just Bartley's column, and it appeared on the op-ed page, not the editorial page. But it is significant that a column to this effect appeared in a major newspaper.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for the heads up!!! I'm thinking we'll see more of the Iraq WMD connection in major publications as we gear up for an offense.

[Betty Jo]

Another article for the Bin Laden Medical Matrix!

[Mitchell]

One interesting question is whether the presumed truth about the anthrax mailings (that they are a threat from some foreign power, probably Iraq) will ever be officially admitted. If Pres. Bush can garner support for a swift, overwhelming attack on Iraq based on general principles and on our knowledge of past events, it may never be necessary to announce the truth; the U.S. may calculate that it's better not to reveal what the nature of the challenge was. [Alternatively, the attack may simply be put off for a long time, implicitly acknowledging a mutual-assured-destruction predicament. I don't believe we're at that stage yet, however. We will be in 10 years, though, if we don't act now.]

[piasa]

I believe you are correct.