Letters to the Editor
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Kuriya's the cancer
Of all your columnists, Kuriya is the only one about whom I repeatedly wonder: why do you guys keep him on? Is it only because his startling lack of objectivity as well as his singular lack of any journalisic merit, are of such glaring proportions that he provokes readers like me to write posts like this, and thereby fan interest in Salon?
It's one thing for columnists to have opinions; in Kuriya's case his biases are so consistent, so transparent, and so positional as to render much of what he writes either inaccurate, or outright nonsense. To wit, comments like "Israel's meddling in Lebanon " is one more manifestation of his relentless anti-Israel positioning on virtually every issue involving the Middle East, and at such variance with reality as to make Kuriya appear either incredibly ignorant of the facts, or unabashedly biased.
The minor problem with this assertion is that it has nothing to do with what started the last Israel-Lebanese conflict. Instead heavily armed terrorists sneaked into Israel proper across an internationally recognized border, murdered several Israeli soldiers, and kidnapped 2 others, both still missing. I'm sure the US would have taken this type of invasion and attacks, say across the Mexican border very lightly! Obviously another clear example of Israeli aggression.
I think Kuriya needs to take some time off from his failed attempts at "journalism" to 1. actually learn some history about the Middle East, and what all knowledgeable and fair-minded observers identify as the sole basis for all conflict there-- the unremitting Islamic terrorism inflicted on Israel since day 1 of its independence, and
2. examine what it is in his background and upbringing which causes him to harbor such irrational antipathy toward Jews--oops-- I know, it's just Israel, and those Zionists,... actually some of his best friends are Jewish!
p.s. I'm a devout Christian, but a fervent supporter of courageous, democratic Israel, our only reliable ally ih a very dangerous part of the world!