Way back on February 27
Way back on February 27 I commented on Hillel Halkin's "The Return of Anti-Semitism." In this month's First Things, John Neuhaus weighs in on Halkin with far more nuance that I managed to muster:
"Hillel Halkin is certainly right in saying that, after September 11, the perceived risks in U.S. support for Israel are greatly increased. There needs to be a civil conversation about why we should be prepared to accept those risks. It is distinctly unhelpful to poison public discourse with the suggestion that those who disagree or have doubts are, in fact, simply anti–Semites."
