Bob Wright has a must-read on the double standards of covering religious fundamentalists. I'm struck by how Netanyahu seems to believe that Persian hatred of Jews is somehow an eternal fact. I'm also struck by Bob's conclusion:
Why is it routine to talk about Iranian religious fanatics who are leading us toward war and so rare to acknowledge the role that religious tribalism in America–among both conservative Jews and conservative Christians–is playing in leading us to war? And why is it that when Muslim radicals use religious scripture in a way that foments belligerence we consider it primitive and vile, whereas when Bibi Netanyahu does the same thing (more subtly, I grant you) we nod politely and smile?
The Dish 