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May 29, 2005

New York Times Strives to Demoralize

Posted by Van Helsing at May 29, 2005 11:49 AM

Congratulations to the fifth columnists at the New York Times, who may have hit a new low in their efforts to demoralize the country in general and our troops in particular by choosing the day before Memorial Day to quote veterans of past wars who say they would not fight to combat terrorism and spread democracy in the Middle East.

"I don't think it's our war to begin with," said one vet. "I still don't know what it's supposed to be about. Oil? Is it about mass destruction weapons they had which were never found? I'm not an isolationist, but I can't see what we're doing over there."

If the Times' highly knowledgeable reporters can't grasp — even after 9-11 — that we have a major stake in the Middle East, and that the spread of democracy there is in everyone's best interest, especially ours, it's hardly surprising that they could find someone with a service record who has been sufficiently disoriented by the MSM's hostile coverage as to not understand what the war is about.

There are a lot of veterans out there, all of whom deserve our thanks and respect. But if you looked hard enough, you could find a few who would say pretty much whatever you want people to hear. Given the Times' resources, finding veterans who are proud of what our military is trying to accomplish in the Middle East would not be difficult. But a story like that would be good for American morale, and bad for al Qaeda. So don't expect to see it in the Times.