An Interesting Juxtaposition

By Richard N. Weltz

In its lead editorial today, the New York Times once again demonstrates its usual sacrifice of fact and ignorance of history to find a tortuous path for assigning blame to George Bush's administration for the recent Russian invasion of Georgia -- all caused, it is claimed by the horrendous error of befriending a state which reached out in support of the United States and Western Europe.

But, wait. Right across the page in the op-ed section, is an explanation of the actual causes of the current conflict, written by a real expert on the region, whose credentials as research director of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, indicate a lot more knowledge of the subject than the propagandists who pen editorials for the Times.

He merely provides a sensible and educated insight into the underlying causes of the conflict which, to put it politely, make the Times's editorial writers appear liars or ignoramuses, or both.