NYT serving the empire



NYT on the syria massacre:

''

In seeking to carry out cross-border missions inside Pakistan and now in Syria, the United States government is expected to make the case that these operations will help protect the lives of American troops. It is not clear how far-reaching the White House may be in seeking to apply the rationale, but several senior American officials expressed hope that it would be embraced by the next president as well.'

Protect american troops? Or stoke further attacks on american troops to justify US presence in Iraq!

Note:

''The helicopter-borne attack into Syria was by far the boldest by American commandos in the five years since the United States invaded Iraq and began to condemn Syria’s role in stoking the Iraqi insurgency'

Its ok for US to ''invade'' Iraq...but not for iraqis to defend their country, or for anyone else to stoke an ínsurgency'' (as Iraq is under military occupation by a foreign power, there is no legfitimate govt and so no insurgency!)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/28/world/middleeast/28syria.html?hp