Re: William Sherman's June 19 letter, “Be fair to Israel":
It's difficult to watch our country lose its credibility and reputation for justice behind an imbalanced and failed policy in the Middle East.
It is also difficult to watch as our country builds more fences than friendships and then to listen while defenders of the fence-building attempt to divert attention from this ridiculous behavior by arguing if it is a fence or a wall they are building.
The difficulty in watching the radical fundamentalists on the West Bank manufacture more anti-Semitism worldwide than any wild-eyed mullah in Pakistan is painful.
But to stand by and have someone try to portray Israel as the David to the Palestinian — or even to all Israel's neighbors put together — as Goliath is impossible. An unchallenged untruth seems to become a truth with enough repetition. With just over 5 million people, Israel has one of the most powerful militaries on the planet, and it is financed by the United States. None of its neighbors can even put a plane in the air against the Israeli air force. And to top it off, Israel has nuclear weapons, under the umbrella of which the right wing has expanded it borders for generations in defiance of international law.
Mr. Sherman's comments are like arguing that Paris Hilton is a victim of American society: There may be a shred of truth in it somewhere, but you have to stretch your imagination pretty far to see it.
— Marten Harder, Ojai
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