One More Thing You Won't Learn In the New York Times

A great paper should be adequate as a sole news source. Of course, that's not the case with the Times, which prints only the news that fits their ideology.
Yesterday's news story about the Zawahiri letter is a fine example. Zawahiri recognizes the stakes involved in Iraq and specifically cites the role that he expects America's left wing press to play in an American defeat. So, New York Times readers who need to fill in their information void should open their Wall Street Journals to today's editorial page, where an honest summary and analysis can be found.

"Those who want a premature U.S. withdrawal from Iraq will now have to explain why that won't play into the hands--and plans--of the enemy. Zawahiri makes it quite clear that al Qaeda's ambitions extend well beyond the borders of any one country. The goal is a fundamentalist Islamic regime that begins in Iraq, extends into the neighboring secular nations of the region, assaults Israel and moves on from there. And yes, he uses the word "caliphate."

But let Zawahiri speak for himself. The jihadists, he writes, "must not have their mission end with the expulsion of the Americans from Iraq, and then lay down their weapons, and silence the fighting zeal." Plainly said, these boys are in it for the long haul. Just because the U.S. might decide to pull out of Iraq hardly means that al Qaeda will stop trying to kill Americans."