Thursday, March 05, 2009  Another brief demolition of Roger
Cohen  If the examples I have given weren't enough, here's a
letter to the New York Times concerning Cohen's belief that
Iranian Jews are patriotic and free: To the Editor:      David
Simantob Los Angeles, March 2, 2009 In Iran, as in all Muslim
states, the tolerance of other religions only extends to the
point at which they are perceived to be slightly threatening.
There are a few Jews left over in Egypt and Syria and Yemen, and
as in Iran their governments like to point to them as proof of
their tolerance. But they will only tolerate those who toe the
line, who publicly agree with their totalitarian masters and who
submit to second-class citizen status.  Proof that this is anti-
semitism and not only anti-Zionism could be seen from a simple
thought experiment:  Imagine how these tolerant governments
would react if a Jewish community wanted to build a single
synagogue that is taller than the surrounding mosques.