Reply #12: MediMatters is wrong here. The NYTimes was fair [View All]

[NewYorkerfromMass]

The Times article, when you read the whole thing, plainly spells out that Kennedy's (and Schumer's) criticisms were well founded- namely that Bush/Cheney are still trying to use 9/11 as a rationale for Iraq- and it closes with these indicting words:

But Shannon Mason of Springfield, Va., called the ceremony “too political” for coupling the attacks with the war in Iraq. Ms. Mason, whose mother, Ada Mason, a Pentagon budget analyst, was killed in the attack, added, “I think the war has nothing to do with Sept. 11.”

Even as he called for unity Mr. Bush alluded to Democratic calls for a timetable to withdraw from Iraq, saying, “Whatever mistakes have been made in Iraq, the worst mistake would be to think that if we pulled out, the terrorists would leave us alone. They will not leave us alone.”