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Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:00 AM

Breaking the silence

The overwrought response to John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt's brave paper only confirms its thesis.
By Juan Cole

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  • Tuesday, April 18, 2006 07:01 AM

    Fascinating

    When it comes time to confront the "elephant in the room" of Israel's political influence in the United States, Salon bravely rushed to the front.

    When it is time to confront the "elephant in the room" of the fact that Islamic fundamentalists can't even take a satirical cartoon about their religion, the cowardly editors refuse to print them.

    Perhaps it has to do with the fact that doing the former might get you called an anti-semite, while the latter might get you a fatwa? I am begining to question my subscription.

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