Ramesh, I do agree with you, but to point out one additional element of hypocrisy in Fareed Zakaria’s warnings about hysteria:
In his position as a member of the Yale Corporation (the governing body of Yale University), Fareed spoke about the need for pre-emptive censorship of a Yale University Press book in order to undercut the possibility of future terrorists find cause to target Yale. He took this position after writing, in a Newsweek cover essay about radical Islam, that “We should mount a spirited defense of our views and values.”
Indeed, when it comes to hysteria, it seems that Mr. Zakaria too is the pot calling the kettle black.
