We have not had to fight a foreign invasion of our land since 1812. It is no wonder we sometimes have difficulty comprehending the nature of the threat the Israelis have to live with every single day of their lives. Imagine what it would be like to live in a country where every fourth or fifth person is a refugee from Hitler. where his neighbor is a refugee from Stalin or other Communist leaders. where another neighbor may have fled from persecution in Arab lands. where violent death is not some distant threat. but where it is no exaggeration to say that every single person has been touched by it in some way. where almost an entire population has been exposed to the horrors of combat. What must it be like to live in a country that had to fight for its very existence when five Arab armies invaded and tried to snuff out the life of the young state a day after it was born? Or that has had to fight four wars in 30 years. not including the war of attrition and the unceasing war against terrorism?