How can 5 MILLION people (Israelis) living on a spit of land with no natural resources to speak of, surrounded by a sea of more than 300 MILLION Islamic Arab antagonists garner so much attention?
The war in Iraq is a battle to Democratize (at best) a major Middle Eastern center, and reverse the tide of Islamism in a country that has the "potential" to be a modern state.
We place more trust in what we read in our newspapers and magazines, hear on our radios, and see on our television sets, than we do in what our politicians have to say.