Leonard Greene

My most frequent commenter, a Mr. Anonymous, calls me a "Judenrat" for noting that Leonard Greene, the inventor who takes out ads against the killing of Muslims, is Jewish. Anon goes on:

What difference does it make what religion Leonard Greene is? In the name of fair reporting, why not report the religion of every person mentioned in every article about the Middle East—like Mearsheimer, Walt and Rachel Corrie? Maybe you can put a little yellow star next to the Jews, and a red one next to the ones with "Jewish sounding names".

Anonymous has a good point. Issues should be discussed on their merits. Whereas I'm being ad hominem, talking about the man. This is a hard one to think through. Some answers:  read more »

Monday's Times Op-Ed contained a powerful ad in the righthand corner. Headlined "How to Befriend the Muslim World" and written by a Leonard Greene, it decried the invasion of Iraq and called for humanitarian aid to win hearts and minds in Arab countries.

"Most Muslims are not terrorists, and the vast majority do not condone terrorism....Nevertheless, many Muslims who are not terrorists would kill Americans or condone such killings simply because Americans have killed so many Muslims. We should end our war in Iraq and use our army to save lives put at risk by natural disasters..."

But the stunner was the last line: "My son was killed on United 93."  read more »