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Dear Editor:
I must take exception with Benn's notion, typical of Israel's American-idealizing liberal intellegensia, that "the perceived legitimacy of using force" is weaker in the United States of American than it is in Israel. As in Israel, the U.S. Congress is more inclined to authorize war, rather than ratify treaties with other nations. The difference is, however, that the issues which confront Israel are more immediate and affect its own territory and civillians far more than in the USA where most of its perceived enemies, are based far away in the Eastern Hemisphere.
I believe that what binds the two countries together is an unwaivering belief in the effeciveness of military action, in spite of all evidence to the contrary and its often objective failure.
Sincerely yours,
Arthur C. Hurwitz
