<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><DIV>To evoke Randolph Bourne's "war is the health of the state." A remarkably stupid and vile article in today's NYT Book Review.</DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/books/06antisemtism.html?ref=books">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/books/06antisemtism.html?ref=books</A></DIV>
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<DIV>It concludes with the remarkable statement:</DIV>
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<DIV>"but Islamophobia is a concept developed within the last two decades by those who wish to elevate <A title="Islamophobia, a definition" href="http://www.islamophobia-watch.com/"><FONT color=#666699>Islam’s reputation in the West</FONT></A>; anti-Semitism was a concept eagerly embraced and expanded by haters of Jews. One was constructed by a group’s supporters, the other by a group’s enemies."</DIV>
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<DIV>DG</DIV></div><br>
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