what is WITH dgriego's obsession

 I don't know...to a lesser extent she likes to make the UK look bad too, sometimes they go hand in hand because of our tolerance policies.  

Try to be good lol...if you can't, email me if I'm not around, and I will deal. :)

 my guess is her issue is similar to Snownose - they are both strong military people - I'm thinking both have close family members that have served and they come across as xenophobic.  Unfortunately I don't think this is an uncommon phobia amongst US military supporters.

Without getting into our own political debate the amount of Americans that firmly believe in our great military and blowing up others with just cause is distressing.  Then ask them what they think of say the Georgia/Russian crisis and they didn't know there was one.  OK rant over.

I just think it is a particular mindset that one often finds in military families