New York Times: "Saying No to War"  Sunday, 09 March 2003 19:16
by: Anonymous       Editor's Note:  Understand this for what it
is.  The Times hedges its language to a degree here, but at the
end of the day the message is clear.  The 'Paper of Record' for
the Western world has come out against the war. - wrp       New
York Times: "Saying No to War"      New York times Editorial
 Sunday 9 March 2003       Within days, barring a diplomatic
breakthrough, President Bush will decide whether to send
American troops into Iraq in the face of United Nations
opposition. We believe there is a better option involving long-
running, stepped-up weapons inspections. But like everyone else
in America, we feel the window closing. If it comes down to a
question of yes or no to invasion without broad international
support, our answer is no.       Even though Hans Blix, the
chief weapons inspector, said that Saddam Hussein was not in
complete compliance with United Nations orders to disarm, the
report of the inspectors on Fr