New York Times Will Position It Any Way But Pro-Bush

A page one lead story in today's Sunday addition of the New York Times features a story that manages to take a pro-Iranian spin in the escalating confrontation with the United States. The theme of the story is that the administration's blotched, complete failure in Iraq has allowed an opening for an innocent Iran to be a fool not to take advantage of . . . . I wonder how they will feel when Hezbollah blows up a train in Times Square near their West 43rd Street offices?

News Analysis:
Iran’s Chance: U.S. Troubles in Iraq Create Opening for Regional Shift

By MICHAEL SLACKMAN
Published: February 18, 2007
CAIRO, Feb. 17 — In recent weeks, President Bush and American military officials have increasingly accused Iran of meddling in Iraq’s affairs. But from Iran’s perspective, given its longstanding interests in Iraq, it is the United States that is meddling in its backyard, analysts inside and outside of Iran say.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/18/world/middleeast/18assess.html?ref=world