To the editor:
After reading Bruce Cutler's remarks in the Dec. 10 letter to the editor, I, too, cannot remain silent. In his comments he used the same old canard that is used whenever Israel or Jews are criticized: He invoked the Holocaust. Does that mean that all criticism is therefore false, null and void? What makes Jews so sacrosanct that they cannot be criticized? Does this mean that Israel or Jews can do what they want and then avoid criticism by mentioning what happened 60 years ago? And, if one criticizes them, does that make one anti-Semitic and therefore a Nazi? I think not.
If I criticize the English, am I anti-English? If I sometimes complain about women, does that make me a misogynist? No. And yet many women complain about men, and no one bats an eye.
As for "Jewish money" buying influence and swaying Middle East policy: who can deny that? Money is POWER, and when many Jews combine their money, it can be very influential. Can anyone honestly deny that there are a lot of Jews with an exceptional amount of money and influence? Not to mention the fact that Zionist pressure groups are concerned only about Israel.
And, yes, all sorts of public policy are complex and have an evolutionary history. But it all boils down to money; money and profits are what turns the wheels of policy. It's the way of governments worldwide. To believe otherwise is naive. "Jewish money" may not be THE prime reason, but it figures highly.
Danne Hautmann,
Lawrence
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