America - New York Times Needs Credibility

They can start by firing Maureen Dowd.

The New York Times wants some credibility eh? How can The Times get creds when one of its writers revises history to suit the papers left slant? Take Dowds latest revising for example.

That's an ominous admission in light of North Korea's rush toward nukes, which was spurred on by the Iraq invasion and North Korea's conviction that, in bargaining with Mr. Bush, real weapons trump imaginary - or chimerical - ones.

But as Tim Blair notes:

“Rush”? “Spurred on by the Iraq invasion”? North Korea admitted in October 2002 that it had a uranium enrichment program. According to the Center for Defense Information, the “rush” for nukes began following a 1994 agreement negotiated with President Clinton under which North Korea would abandon any nuclear ambitions:

Shortly after signing the agreement, North Korea began seeking nuclear weapons fuel through uranium enrichment. In the late 1990s, the United States began to receive scattered intelligence reports revealing a North Korean uranium enrichment program. Some evidence points to the existence of this program as early as 1987. This program apparently received new life in 1997 when Pakistan, strapped for cash by U.S. sanctions, began paying for its North Korean missile imports with uranium enrichment technology.

And from the State Department’s 2002 announcement:
Assistant Secretary Kelly pointed out that North Korea had been embarked on this program for several years.

Credibility, what Credibility?
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