New York Times comes out against the war

No sooner had I written about American newspapers sitting on the fence over the Iraq War than the New York Times comes out with an editorial callng on the withdrawal of American troops.

Like many Americans, we have put off that conclusion,
waiting for a sign that President Bush was seriously trying to dig the United
States out of the disaster he created by invading Iraq without sufficient cause,
in the face of global opposition, and without a plan to stabilize the country
afterward.

But says the paper

It is frighteningly clear that Mr. Bush’s plan is to stay
the course as long as he is president and dump the mess on his successor.
Whatever his cause was, it is lost.

And

Continuing to sacrifice the lives and limbs of American
soldiers is wrong. The war is sapping the strength of the nation’s alliances and
its military forces. It is a dangerous diversion from the life-and-death
struggle against terrorists. It is an increasing burden on American taxpayers,
and it is a betrayal of a world that needs the wise application of American
power and principles