Don't ever confuse my love of this country with its administration. America is no where near what it used to be and I know that. I see it every time I look at the newspaper or turn on the TV. However, a "small group of extremists" as you call them have promised to do harm to me and my fellow countrymen, and that is what I fought for. For my neighbors to be able to go to work without worrying about being blown up. If they wanted to play nice and get along, that would be fine, but they chose to be barbarians and act like animals. And let's be honest, if you were to make a lie about WMDs being in a certain place as the whole reason for invading a country, wouldn't it stand to reason that you would produce said "WMDs" if none were found, to justify your actions? Also, lets be honest with ourselves again, no one goes to Gitmo without a reason. You don't have some guy in there for unpaid parking tickets. These are bad people and are in there for a reason. The fact that you can't come to terms with the truth that an entire group of people are in fact that evil is willful negligence at best. I suppose you think a socialist economy would be better, after all, if we can't all be rich, let's all be poor together.