In a Zogby poll of US soldiers in Iraq, amongst other interesting opinions

Almost 90% think war is retaliation for Saddam’s role in 9/11...

and

...An overwhelming majority of 72% of American troops serving in Iraq think the U.S. should exit the country within the next year,...

Today Anne Applebaum in Tolerating the Intolerable (Washington Post,) informs us of problems in modern Britain including

the nasty strain of anti-Semitism on the far side of the British left (Livingstone has just called Ariel Sharon a war criminal, clearly a favorite insult, as well)

If an utterance that Sharon may be a war criminal is proof of anti-Semitism then anti-Semitism, surely this diminishes the evil of that term. If I were to accuse Idi Amin of being a war criminal would that prove that I was an anti black racist?

Conflating criticism of Israeli policies or of Israeli politicians with anti-Semitism just diminishes the stigma attached to a very real evil of racism.

For reference, Sharon was found personally responsible by the Israeli Kahan Commission for the Sabra and Shatilla massacres in Lebanon and it was recommended that he resign as defense minister.