Posted by
Disgruntled in NY on Monday, October 19, 2009 2:34:57 PM
David Rohde, the NYT reporter who was held hostage by the Taliban, has a five-part series in the paper. Others have commented on the Times' hypocracy evidenced by their desire to keep news of his kidnapping secret long enough to effect his rescue.
The story does more, however, than reveal the Times' hypocracy. Here's a very telling quote from Rohde's first installment:
It is always hard to reason with people who see the world so differently. Rohde (and (most of) the rest of the NYT and, I fear, the current administration) are not willing to see evil ("extremism") where it is so apparent to the rest of us. One reason it is so difficult to formulate a policy on Afghanistan is that there are so many in the MSM and Democratic party who think the world is a very different place than the rest of us.