A brilliant, brave, and heartening rescue

The New York Times has a mostly wonderful account this morning about the "Wizzo" colonel snatched from his hiding place in a rocky crevice atop a 7000-foot ridge in Iran. Like the kidnapping of Venezuela's dictator three months ago, it was a masterpiece of high-tech special ops. More than that, it was a tribute to the American military pledge to "leave no man behind." (Once a boast of the US Marines, it has since spread service-wide.) Bravo to the unnamed weapons system officer, to the US Air Force, to our special operations teams, to the CIA, and yes, to Donald Trump and his so-called War Department.

But the NYT, being what it is these days, then concluded its spellbinding story with four paragraphs ranting against Trump and the war. Come on, Timespersons! Couldn't you have celebrated an American feat of arms, just this once?