Guantanamo fuels hatred

Reuters reports that our treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo is fueling hatred towards Americans and helping Al Qaeda and other extremist groups to recruit more effectively. I agree. I think that the real solution to terrorism against America is to give young islamic males a better alternative. I know that true Islam does not teach the kind of hate and violence that we see constantly from so many. But from their perspective, its the only escape. If we don't fuel the hatred by our actions towards prisoners, and if we step even further, and start to work towards the addressing the problems of poverty and economic distress we will go a long way towards making things better. It seems that American core values like freedom, hard work, love of country and family are not things that will be rejected. But our continuing policy of punishing countries economically (and invading them), seems to foster hate among the people that tends to keep evil leaders in power. By working with countries, we can empower the people to make decisions based on a moral code and ideals. That will not happen when they are simply trying to feed their family each day. Rather than spending billions on an army that will never solve the problem, why not spend much less working with people to make their lives better. Give them an alternative to hate.