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"A modern theory, that the core of Ashkenazi Jewry emerged from a hypothetical Khazarian Jewish diaspora, is now viewed with scepticism by most scholars^[who?], but occasionally supported by others. This Khazarian hypothesis is sometimes associated with antisemitism and anti-Zionism."

I got the copy and paste feature to work tonight. Apparently I was doing something wrong yesterday. Anyway, that's pretty much what I said about it, it's a theory that is not universally accepted by historians, but some people do believe in it. I'm surprised that it has been used to support anti- Semitism because I think the author of the book I read was Jewish himself. He said that his theory tended to refute anti-Semitism because it asserted that most of the Jews in Europe weren't really Semites. Although the Khazarian Jew theory has never been proven, which is why they call it a theory, it has also never been disproven, so I think it's kind of premature to dismiss it out of hand.

The Wiki article says that the Khazars were a racially and culturally mixed people, based on archaeological studies of the region. It particularly referred to some skulls that had been dug up as being definitely Mongoloid. This seems to support my assertion that there really are noticeable differences between the races other than skin color, and thus tends to refute the current politically correct theory that there is scientifically no such a thing as race.

I looked it up once, and there are about seven million Jews in Israel today, and at least twice that many in the United States, plus I don't know how many all over the rest of the world. I find it hard to believe that all those Jews originated from a little country the size of New Jersey. Then  again, it's also hard to believe that all the Czechs in the U.S. came from tiny little Bohemia. When Mary and Joseph traveled from Nazareth to Bethlehem, it was because of a decree that went out from Cesar Augustus that everybody had to return to the place of their birth so that they could be counted in a census. That's why there was no room at the inn, and Jesus had to born in a stable. I wonder what would happen today if everybody had to go back to where they came from. Would there be room for them all? Then again, if all those home towns became over crowded, what would happen to the places that people left to go back there? Would they be de-populated, or would they be just as full of returnees? I mean, everybody comes from someplace and goes to someplace, and we still have more people everywhere than we used to. It kind of boggles the mind, doesn't it.

I still think your assertion that the U.S. presence in Europe had nothing to do with defending people is unreasonable. Of course we were trying to stop the spread of Communism, but it was not an "either-or" proposition. The way we were trying to stop the spread of Communism was by defending the people who were threatened by it. The two things go together.