Grass on Israeli WMD

The furore surrounding   poem about Israel's nuclear capability being a threat to worlds peace by Nobel Prize author Gunter Grass was disappointing if not predictable.

He is simply stating the obvious and if Iran or North Korea acquired WMD they would be a bigger threat to world peace than they are now. 

It is not anti -Semitic to criticise Israeli defence policy. Let's face it India and Pakistan both have nuclear weapons and the world is much less safe place because of it!  Are people not allowed to comment on that?

Click here to see an interesting article from this morning's Observer about Grass' remarks.

Sadly from the article it seems like Grass was signing off from his long and distinguished career as a writer. He is 84 and the works he has produced have been extraordinary, particularly his Danzig Trilogy, kick started by his most famous work The Tin Drum.  I have read the first two of the trilogy but I am reminded that I have still to read the third, an omission I hope to rectify in the summer.