Steven Spielberg's MUNICH

[Chris Knipp]

Thank you.

Janice asked a third question: Why do I, her cousin-in-law, apparently have a secret plan to destroy Israel?

Since this is who Kushner is mainly talking to, his article doesn't have much relevance to the larger public.

Munich" dramatizes the toll violence takes.

That is what Rosenbaum is saying: Munich is still supposed to make us feel good about the slaughter of Arabs, though we're now also supposed to feel bad about feeling good. Violence....kills. It takes its toll....on the killers, too. Etc. Only a completely pro-Israeli bias (which is easy for most Americans to assume) can allow one to find this line of thinking necessary or useful in this context. Killing a bunch of Arabs messes up Avner's sex life. But it had to be done.