[progchat_action] The New York Times editorial on Iraq
 
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 02:29:56 -0500 (CDT)


( This editorial is truly a milestone.  While it does not actually call for
full withdrawal or disengagement from Iraq - note the language about bases -
it is nonetheless extraordinary that the most authoritative news outlet in
the US would now call the war a failure and demand that the government cut
its losses - especially when one recalls the cheerleading the paper did in
the run up to the war. One should not, of course, expect the US Government
to immediately change course and commence withdrawal operations.  Years
passed between the first such editorials demanding withdrawal from Vietnam
and the time when the last helicopter left the US embassy in Saigon.  What
can be said, with all the qualifications contained within its text and all
the reality checks, is that this editorial shows that ending the Iraq War
is, finally, a politically realistic goal. SR)

The Road Home

The New York Times
 Editorial
July 8, 2007

It is time for the United States to leave Iraq, without any more delay than
the Pentagon needs to organize an orderly exit.