Lori said: <<During those two years plus we sat back and essentially did NOTHING about the systematic killing of Jews, gays, the mentally ill, the
physically disabled, dissenters and academics. There is evidence that we knew damn well what was happening over there, but we didn't care.>> absolutely. and worse. we absolutely knew what was happening, and closed our eyes to it. also, see http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Holocaust/stlouis.html the shameful truth is that we, as a country, protect people who can help us. period. cindy