With regard to the Hitler issue. So far as I can tell from my studies of World History, Hitler's fanaticism and desire for world domination (well, at least European domination) predated his death camps by several years. Yes he had Jews, Gypsies, Homosexuals, et al killed at random throughout the years, but I was under the impression that death camps didn't exist until approx 1939. Hitler came in to power in the early 30s and started his German expansionism in the mid 30s, didn't he? So, Chaltab, you can't say that his "protectionist" policies were to keep people from finding out about death camps. It was to protect his "perfect" Aryan race from corruption by "lesser" cultures and races. He really believed he was doing the right thing and millions of people in his country and outside his country believed he was doing the right thing as well. There are still people who think he was right to do what he did.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

And no one can say that Al Gore would have done nothing. No one knows what he would have done because he was never put in the situation where we could find out. All you are doing is bullshit speculating. You cannot prove yourself right, but by the same token, no one can prove you wrong. So it is useless to argue it. You can't say that all democrats have a policy of non action. Hell, even Clinton initiated some missile attacks on Iraq for violating no fly zones and post Persian Gulf War I treaties. I can only imagine what would have happened if an attack had happened on U.S. soil. I can't think of a single person that would sit back on their laurels, IMHO, regardless of political affiliation.