Enemy? What Enemy?

As usual, on Saturday, I was in synagogue and the Rabbi delivered a very informative sermon. He had attended the AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) conference during the preceding week and was relaying highlights of his trip. He first spoke about the speech given by Newt Gingrich and then discussed the speech given by Eric Cantor. He selected these two because he clearly felt they described the situation in the middle east most accurately and realistically.
The two speakers described the situation as a dire threat to the existence of the Jewish nation. They felt we are on the verge of catastrophic times and it is similar to the years preceding world war two. They pondered whether we are too late to stop the catastrophe which is looming. Newt went on to discuss the possibility of an electromagnetic pulse which would effectively halt the function of this country and could be caused by a rogue nation or a terrorist setting off nuclear bombs in the atmosphere. He mentioned the possibility of a nuclear bomb going off in Israel, Europe, or the US. All very scary scenarios.
What was upsetting about the sermon was that there were people in the audience who clearly rejected what the Rabbi was saying. They were mocking the information and were turning their heads in a dismissive manner. I can understand that as democrats they were not happy that two republican figures were quoted but regardless they seem unable to see an enemy before us. It distresses me that there is a group of people, mostly dems, who are just not willing to see the evidence in front of them that there is an enemy at war with us whose goal is to eliminate Israel and then go after the US. Furthermore for Jews, especially with our recent history, to not accept the facts that there are existential dangers before us is a distorted view of reality (definition of psychosis).
I think these people suffer from an inability to accept that there are people who are just evil. That it is just a function of a bad upbringing or inadequate opportunities. They feel if they just were placed in the right environment or spoken to in a certain way then they would no longer be threatening. The enormous pressure to close Guantanamo Bay by the dems, the elimination of advanced interrogation techniques, and the ceasing of phone tapping are not measures taken by a people at war. These measures are not necessary because they feel there is no enemy. In fact they believe it is the US and Israel that are causing all the problems.
If we could just get Barack Obama to talk to Ahmadinejad, Chavez and Jong-Il it is their belief that all will be fixed. Not only is this ridiculous but we are opening ourselves to additional risks. By not recognizing and addressing the threats we are enabling the terrorists. They want to live in a 9/10 world when all the facts say they cannot. I am not sure if it is fear, stupidity, psychosis or a combination but I think it will take another attack to convince the doubters that we are at war and should be fighting as such. God help us.