You can tell by the sound of helicopters moving from east to west over Long Island that the privileged are ending their Memorial Day weekend and leaving the Hamptons for Manhattan.

In other places spring ends, with prayers, thanks and remembrance of brave Americans who gave their lives for their country.

And it's especially poignant during a time of war. And what American troops fight and die for today is no less important than during the Revolution, the Civil War, or any war during the 20th Century.

As another spring ends, it's hard not to still feel the effects.

How many Little League games this spring, in the D.C. or New York metro areas, had little kids playing without a mother or father watching them hit and catch - games missed because a bunch of bloodthirsty maggots couldn't stand American freedom?

How many weddings were missed, graduations missed, retirement parties missed this spring? Hundreds? Thousands?

Another spring comes to an end and lives move on, but it's not like it used to be. It never will be.

Which is why it makes it hard to understand why some whiney snots seem to root harder for the bad guys than for the good.

Those who are in jail at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, made a choice. They chose to get in line behind Osama bin Laden, and fight for him, and try to kill American soldiers. They chose to try and further the aims and goals of a mass murderer.

And don't forget, at the very time bin Laden was declaring war on us and planning the 9/11 attacks, Saddam Hussein was offering him asylum in Iraq.

James Wolcott is Ted Rall without the charm. He writes, "Gitmo in its present utility is an abomination and a stain upon what little honor the US has left under Bush."

The people held in custody at Guantanamo Bay want us all dead. They want mothers and fathers of Little League kids dead. And they want the kids dead, too. They took up arms against, and even killed, brave American men and women who risk all to protect the country.

Just who is it that lacks honor?

Another spring comes to an end. By now, thankfully, most Americans know the answer.