"In other words", Jeffrey Goldberg inferred, also in The Atlantic, "he regrets speaking plainly instead of deploying a euphemism." The pro-Israel Anti-Defamation League released a statement condemning Wright's remarks as "inflammatory and false. The notions of Jewish control of the White House in Reverend Wright's statement express classic anti-Semitism in its most vile form."
Jeffrey Goldberg, writing for The Atlantic, suggests that Barack Obama's former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, regrets speaking plainly about his views instead of using euphemisms. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) condemns Wright's remarks as inflammatory and false, arguing they express classic anti-Semitism by suggesting Jewish control over the White House.