An idiot (8th letter)in Hoboken doesn't get it:

It’s a truism that those who are ignorant of history are doomed to repeat it. Bad enough, but, damn it; they also expose the rest of us to the dangers their ignorance has brought about. But I have a solution. Let everyone show his colors, so that an Arab hot to avenge the trashing of a loved one in Palestine or Iraq or wherever will know who to strike.

To put it bluntly, why should those who work and contribute and march for justice and peace be blown up along with the oil mongers and their ignorant (or paid) dupes? Let’s wear armbands. Red would be pro-war, blue against. That way, a suicide bomber, surrounded mostly by blues, would delay his martyrdom; but when he finds himself in the midst of a bunch of cakewalking, high-fiving, backslapping reds...well...hey.

Dale Walker, Hoboken

Wake up Dale, the prospective suicide bomber will not care if you were for or against the war. He will simply kill you because you are;

1. American
2. Non-Muslim
3. You happen to resemble a Jew he once met

You will probably resemble many Jews from the past with that arm-band on though.