I think this whole thing has been blown out of proportion, I have yet to hear evidence of any torture, much less any torture directed by the president. We have had a few detainee's pissed on, a few were chained to a floor, and another had fake blood wiped on their face. This does not a country of torture make, we are far from it, yet some want to believe the worse, and this won't change with the next admin. No, anti-American sentiment has been an obvious problem for sometime now, I really don't think of it as a problem at all, as the attacks have been waged for more then 25 years now. This war on terror will not stop this, just as closing gitmo will not stop this. What could very well change this is this, ending the conditions in the M.E and other troubled areas that cause this desperation, and then, this senseless violence.
Iraq is the first step, just as Germany and Japan were 60 years ago. Things don't change because we all sit around and sing Kumb by ya, they change with strong military responses. I know we would all like to believe there is another way, but history has taught us that is not the case. just as we sat by and watched Hitler gain strength, we can not allow those brutal regimes of Iraq, and Iran, and N.K, and Syria do the same.
Who are we to say, were the United States of America, and we have been doing this for a long time now. We have a pretty good record of freedom for our people, and freedom for others who can't fight for it themselves, this trumps all other arguments to the contrary. We could just sit here and fill our pieholes, or we could do some great things elsewhere in the world. We could become more isolated again, but last time we did that, Japan had to b**ch slap us in to a rage. I'm rambling, so I'll end it there for now.