December 23, 2004 - Showing that they are no longer a newspaper to be trusted, following the bombing in Mosul, the Times went berserk in order to wave the flag of false patriotism, pushing to get more American troops killed in Iraq.

The NY Times, already involved in getting America into the war in Iraq through such columnists as Judith Miller and Tom Friedman, again tried to pull America into its trap of lies. This time, by selecting people who would support more war, and the Bush lines, and the continued drive to totally conquer Iraq, they ran a front page story on why America must go on wiith this war and send in more troops.

Not once has the NY Times been honest about matters in this war. Also, why was the young black man fired for fudging a story when Judith Miller outright lied and got away with it? Why is she still often on the front page? Has the Times totally lost what little integrity it had left? I guess so. There is nothing for their honest writers to do but to either resign or go on strike against the editorial board that has gone made for war--ala Wm. Randoph Hearst and the Spanish American War.

I'll bet if they asked John F.Burns, who is in Iraq, he would not be as sanguine about going futher into war with Iraq. Mr. Burns has seen the truth about Iraq, outside the Green Zone at times, Mr. Burns knows there is no place safe in Iraq for an American and that if we send in more troops there will be more targets for the Iraqi resistance fighters who are defending their families, their homes, their religion and their country.

The bombing in Mosul should be enough to make it clear that Iraqis value their families, homes, religion and country more than the American dollar. America has now become so obsessed with money and power that they don't understnd that part of the world who does not love money as much as America's leaders.

Bush and friends think that all people worship the "Golden Calf" as much as they do--they have forgotten what Moses, Jesus and Mohammed said in their messages from God.

Again, I say, if the NY Times wants more troops and war in Iraq, then they should go to Iraq and fight--and their children with them; Rumsfeld, Bush, Cheney, Wolfowitz, all the same, along with Kristol, Perle, Abrams, Ross and the lot of neo-con chicken hawks. Not the people who work on farms, in small town fire departments, in big cities and produce for this country--what has Rumsfeld, Bush, Wolfowitz and the editors of the NY Times ever produced except lies and more lies--or other trash talk to lead our nation into debt, desolation, isolation and despair.

Fie upon the NY Times--it, like the Washington Post is nothing but another rag fit only for use in the bathroom.


Sam Hamod, editor of www.todaysalternativenews.com, former editor of 3rd World News, writes on national and international matters; he may be reached at shamod@cox.net.