What Would David Ben-Gurion Do?
Philologos often makes good philological points, but his reading of my Boston Globe opinion article is false and mean-spirited (“Errors on a Global and Historical Scale,” January 22). Contrary to what Philologos alleges, I know full well David Ben-Gurion’s first and last names (though it appears that someone at the Globe did not know this). Philologos also wrongly claims that my article urged that “the Obama administration should threaten to let Iran go nuclear unless Israel agrees to abandon the settlements.” The idea that the United States should allow Iran to develop its nuclear capability is a complete distortion of my Boston Globe article. My message was instead that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu needs a strong relationship with the White House so that President Obama will continue protecting Israel’s policy of nuclear ambiguity and not make that a bargaining chip in America’s strategy toward Iran. By cooperating with Obama on the issue of settlements and on peace with the Pal
