Monday, February 14, 2011

My Letter in the NYTimes Book Review

Here:-

To the Editor:

On the issue of America’s use of drone strikes, James Traub notes that Americans would be outraged if the Taliban “launched a Predator attack on the White House.” So why are equivalent American attacks O.K.? Because “we’re the good guys, of course.” He claims that this morality-based reaction “makes a mockery of both international law and moral philosophy.” What he fails to note is that, at least in this case, America would be reacting to an aggressive act of terror. America is responding, not initiating, and is doing so in places like Afghanistan.


YISRAEL MEDAD
Shiloh, West Bank

That "West Bank" was the NYTimes' version of geography.  Sorry.

And you can extrapolate to Israel as the next logical conclusion.

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