Prestige Papers Share Pro‑War Script

Two prominent, ideologically opposed columnists — M. Gessen at the New York Times and Marc Thiessen at the Washington Post — are described as advancing very similar hawkish foreign‑policy arguments. The article treats this as evidence of a broader, cross‑cutting elite media consensus that privileges military responses regardless of partisan identity. — If elite outlets converge on hawkish framing, bipartisan support for military options may become harder to challenge and could narrow democratic debate on war and peace.