Case in point: "The Jewish people did not survive for two millennia in order to pioneer new weaponry, computer security programs or antimissile missiles."
No, we did not... but, in blaming the victim for arming and defending itself, rather than decently laying down and dying quietly -- instead of the actual, bloody-minded aggressor -- the author gives intellectual aid and comfort to those for whom the very notion of a free and independent Jewish state is anathema.