While I agree with KT’s assessment regarding how to win, the story in question, taken in the context of NYT’s incessant lies of omission with respect to ALL that happens in Iraq and the rest of the world, is IMHO nothing more than exploitation of a boy’s injuries, reinforcement of the lie that some guy associated with the Defense Department (Robert Reilly) is homophobic, and generally an implication that it requires the actions of a gay activist and affluent dermatologists in Washington to atone for one more in a long list of U.S. “atrocities” – in short, everything that the NYT editorial staff dreams about, assuming they actually sleep at night.

And I note that while we’re reminded in several spots that it was an *American* bomb (which I guess we can all take on faith) that injured this poor child, the car bomb that killed Marla Ruzicka and colleague was apparently created by no one and detonated itself. Aliens, maybe.

If the NYT – and the Bush Administration, for that matter – were truly interested in winning hearts and minds by showing both sides of the conflict, they could start by covering some of the enormous list of good news they ignore every week:

http://chrenkoff.blogspot.com/2005/07/good-news-from-iraq-part-31.html

Get glass of your favorite beverage first. It is a LONG friggin’ list.

[note: if/when NYT's site stops sending back 'no data' responses for requests for page two, I'll gladly take retract any comments if NYT redeems itself on P.2 of the article.]