Over the past few years I have become increasingly interested in World War II history, specifically the Holocaust. It has gradually become a constant presence in my mind, so that I think about it every day. Last spring, I was fortunate enough to be able to visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. It was there that my feelings came to a head. I was walking through the museum by myself, feeling …showed first 75 words of 428 total…

…showed last 75 words of 428 total…not crying when their fellow Jewish countrymen were being slaughtered. The United States was suffering at the misery of the Europeans. My disgust at the conduct of the world during World War II has evolved into an aversion to isolationist sentiments. Especially now, with the "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia, I feel that it is wrong for the powerful nations of the world to stand by and witness suffering, and take no action to relieve it.