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80% of Hitler's armies were deployed fighting the Soviet Union along a 2,000 mile border. The Soviets lost 15 million soldiers and 35 million civilians. They died defending themselves, not to liberate the concentration camps and they - the Soviets - defeated Hitler. When the US deployed in Italy to fight the Germans, Hitler took several divisions out of Italy and sent them to the Eastern front; that was how serious he was about fighting the US.

Those are the historical facts; look them up. We were not gung ho to die to liberate the concentration camps. We lost 300,000 in WWII (including an uncle of mine) and thats bad, but put next to the sacrifice of the Russians to defeat Hitler and it gives you pause. Russian civilians WERE the front lines; we never want American civilians to be the front line, but they were on 9/11. It took only 19 men from the enemy to kill 3,000. Its serious.

And your point, exactly, is? Not enough Americans died in WWII to suit you? Fighting for the balance of power in the world isn't important, it only counts if you're fighting to liberate people from concentration camps? Surely, you must have had a point, but I'm damned if I can figure out what it is.

You asked why you should care about Israel, and I told you. You know, WWI started with the assasination of some guy no one ever heard of by an anarchist somewhere in the Balkans. Before you knew it, millions were dead in Europe. World War is a funny thing-- once it gets going, it's hard to figure how it will play out. Israel has the potential to be that kind of spark to a long smoldering fire.