Ralph Peters, this morning in the New York Post, on this article in the New York Times:
This matters. Because left-wing America-haters may disparage The Post and every other paper in the country, but they cling to the Times more avidly than Linus clutches his security blanket.
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But the potentially fatal problem remains the cowardice and selfishness of politicians in both parties who care far more about retaining their offices in the 2008 elections (or gaining higher ones) than they do about Iraq, our troops or our national security.If the situation in Iraq continues to improve, let’s not forget which pols bailed out – and not just the Reid-Pelosi-Murtha Democrats, but the Republicans who ran for the trees at the first drop of rain.