This is some exchange of letters.

The whole thing started when Joe Klein blasted the neocons for instigating the Iraq war. It started here, I think, with Joe Klein simply letting the neocons have it. His language was very strong and the neocons at Commentary and National Review went ballistic, calling out Klein for being anti-semitic. Then the ADL's chairman, Abe Foxman, jumped in to tell Klein he was out of line.

This is the point where the apology usually comes. Not Klein. Klein is a Jew -- and an unapologetic one. He also knows that he's right.

He is sticking to his guns. Read this fascinating exchange. First Foxman.

Then Klein.

Fascinating. And important.

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The Bush administration no longer makes any pretense of opposing an Israeli attack on Iran. Yesterday Martha Raddatz of ABC asked President Bush if he would "strongly discourage" Israel from attacking. Bush wouldn't. He responded that he has repeatedly stated that he favors diplomacy "first."

This is a whole new role for the United States. We no longer even bother to tell our allies not to start wars. We simply smile.

In yesterday's Christian Science Monitor, former Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben Ami and the Iranian-American scholar Trita Parsi join in rebutting the ridiculous notion that there is no alternative to war,

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