I would have to say that people spitting on Gulf War vets would probably qualify as America-haters. Does anyone remember that the Gulf War resolution barely passed the US Congress? I guess those that voted against it and those that supported that view would rather have let Hussein keep Kuwait than, heaven forbid, risk any lives to reverse it.

Pacifism will always fail in a world full of violence. Sure it would be wonderful to live in peace and harmony with all the world, but the fact is that this is a long, long way off, and military might and action is a necessity to protecting our freedoms and those of other free countries. This is a FACT, and not some idealized "vision" of what someone wishes the world to be.