Wes hangs tough.(CORRESPONDENCE)(Letter to the editor)

I read with great interest and appreciation Matthew Yglesias' article, "Smears for Fears," [www. prospect.org/smears] because I am both a supporter of Wes Clark for president, and a Jew who, like Yglesias, does not want the United States to bomb Iran. I agree with most of what he wrote.

[But] to say that Clark selected his words so as not to be branded an anti-Semite assumes that [Clark] really was talking about Jewish influence in American politics. I do not assume that "New York money people" must equate to Jews. In my neck of the woods, "New York ...

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