Times/Globe Wants More Troops to Die

On Jan. 7, 2002, the NYTimes/Globe complex called for more U.S. soldiers to die in Afghanistan. In the lead story on that day, it wrote, "It is worth risking some [American] casualties to put bin Laden out of business."

The newspaper was continuing its attempt to make the conduct of the war into a political attack against President Bush.

It said that toppling the Taliban was nice, but it doesn't mean a thing until they capture bin Laden. Here is more of what they said in their Editorial (which was written in either West 43rd St. or Morrisey Blvd):

"[T]he ultimate war aim was never confined to a regime change in Afghanistan. The true purpose of going to war in Afghanistan was to protect the American population from future terrorist atrocities like those of Sept. 11.

"To achieve this goal, American forces must do what officials such as Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin Powell have said they intend to do -- 'decapitate' bin Laden's Al Qaeda organization and 'rip up' the terrorist cells spread through dozens of distant countries.

"Given these goals, it is hard to justify the decision to pursue bin Laden ... with only precision-guided bombs and Afghan fighters belonging to a loose alliance called the Eastern Shura."

March 31, 2003 - Times/Globe Continues to Damage Troops and Attack Pres. Bush

On March 31, 2003, the Times/Globe again reported that things were not going well with our troops. It attacked them, and encouraged the enemy. In a front-page headline, it said that the Pentagon was having to defend its strategy because our troops were not doing well. The subhead trumpeted, "US troops inch toward capital."

Once again, it wanted them to move faster, or else have the Globe's editor of the Editorial Page, Renee Loth, instruct them in how to fight a war.

The lead paragraph in the story was, "Facing mounting skepticism about their strategy in Iraq, senior Pentagon officials launched the fiercest defense yet of their decision to send in limited ground forces, dismissing reports yesterday of discord between US political and military officials over how to prosecute the war."

The story continued with everything they could possibly find about any negative aspect. But even it had to report that American support for the war is "holding firm."

And, without quoting any sources for this statement, it wrote, "The perception that the strategy is veering off course persisted."

Some observers still like our MassNews suggestion from back in 2002.
"Maybe Renee Loth can join a squad headed by Jane Fonda and they can liberate the women of Afghanistan. If it were not such a serious issue, it would be humorous to watch as the Globe attempts to divide men and women with this statement which it managed to interject somehow: '[T]he liberation of Afghan women and girls ought to be celebrated by everyone who cherishes human rights.' Will those extreme feminists ever realize that men and women are all on the same team in America? And our troops are not bellboys that the extremists at the Globe can order around to die as they wish."