Said shows poor judgment.

• Position: Letters to the Editor

David Barsamian's fawning introduction to his interview with the ever-slick Edward W. Said (November issue) is barely worth the effort of refuting, but I would like at least to take issue with his assertion that the great professor has been "pointing toward a future where peace is possible." Said was always one of the loudest attackers of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process of the 1990s, and I would hope that The Progressive's readers remember that just last year, when Israel unilaterally withdrew from southern Lebanon, Said allowed himself to be photographed at the border fence hurling a large rock at Israeli soldiers. Professor Said is not a man of peace, but a brilliant propagandist for Palestinian terror and a genius at manipulating the progressive instinct to stand up for the underdog.

Martin...