Boot shows a lack of respect for Muslims
Re “The West as scapegoat,” Opinion, Feb. 15
If Max Boot could get past being a fervent apologist for the Bush administration, he might see clearly the reasons that many Muslims in the Middle East consider our policies in the region to be akin to terrorism.
Boot scoffs incredulously at the idea of Paul Wolfowitz being compared to Osama bin Laden, but is that so farfetched? Bin Laden orchestrated a violent attack on innocent civilians in a country he deemed to be a threat to his belief system and way of life. Wolfowitz and the other architects of the illegal war in Iraq trumped up phony evidence of false threats to justify the bombing and destruction of a country, killing tens of thousands of civilians (and the death toll keeps rising).
Does Boot think that the Muslim mother whose child is killed by an American bomb feels any differently than the mother who lost her son on Sept. 11?
Are Muslims supposed to accept unprovoked attacks on sovereign soil and the attendant collateral damage, while we are not?
Boot’s attitude reflects the very racism and lack of respect that he claims Muslims have no right to feel.
MICHELE GREENE
Los Angeles
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