The New York Times (and the rest of the mainstream media) played a much more important role in engineering the Iraq War than any oil company. Now the Times is desperately trying to wash its hands of the mess it helped to create, while frantically searching for scapegoats. Quite a sleazy performance. At no time in the run-up to the Iraq War did the New York Times question the absurd rationale provided for the war by Dick Cheney and other leading Bush 43 administration members. On the contrary: this neocon op ran interference for Iraq War ringleaders and gave them a prominent platform in its pages.
1. Israeli/neocon op > Sulzberger family > New York Times > Andrew Rosenthal > Iraq War 2. Israeli/neocon op > Sulzberger family > New York Times > Arthur Sulzberger Jr. > Iraq War 3. Israeli/neocon op > Sulzberger family > New York Times > Bill Keller > Iraq War 4. Israeli/neocon op > Sulzberger family > New York Times > David Brooks > Iraq War 5. Israeli/neocon op > Sulzberger family > New York Times > Judith Miller > Iraq War 6. Israeli/neocon op > Sulzberger family > New York Times > Michael Gordon > Iraq War 7. Israeli/neocon op > Sulzberger family > New York Times > Thomas Friedman > Iraq War 8. Israeli/neocon op > Sulzberger family > New York Times > William Safire > Iraq War Does it seem unfair, excessive, to focus on the Israeli agenda of the New York Times? Try this thought experiment: imagine if the Times were as obsessed with the interests of, say, China, Ireland or Pakistan as it is with the interests of Israel. Would you notice? Yes, we would all take notice and be quite astonished. And we would be outraged if the New York Times helped drive the United States into a self-destructive war on behalf of any of those nations or any foreign nation. Now we see Michael Gordon priming the pump for an Iran War, an activity for which Arthur Sulzberger Jr., Bill Keller and Andrew Rosenthal bear full responsibility: Israeli/neocon op > Sulzberger family > New York Times > Michael Gordon > Iran War
