Islam in America

Sunday, March 07, 2010

The "Right" Kind of Bigotry

"There were moments--long moments--during the Iraq war when I had my doubts. Even deep doubts. Frankly, I couldn’t quite imagine any venture requiring trust with Arabs turning out especially well. This is, you will say, my prejudice. But some prejudices are built on real facts, and history generally proves me right. Go ahead, prove me wrong."

Read Glenn Greenwald's scathing commentary on this astonishing statement by Marty Peretz in Salon.com. Peretz is editor-in-chief and owner of The New Republic.