By definition, I guess it could be said that they were, though I don't think I'm going to get any argument that their logic was absurd and that Himmler himself was a mental dissaster. However, we did not fight Germany in WWII to defend democracy or stop the Holocaust. In fact, we allied with a Russia that was purging their own people on a similar scale. What I am saying is that in a war between two countries (take the current war for example), our occupation in Iraq carries the same negative impact for Islamic followers as 9/11 has for American citizens.
Personally, I believe that our retalliation versus the terrorists responsible for the September 11th attack is justified. I do belive, however, that with the current war in Iraq, that we have overstepped our boundries in acting as "world's policemen for democracy" and are stretching our boundries far too thin, ignoring the non-interventionist policies that have kept our country stable throughout its history.