The Viscous Vortex of Vengeance

Revenge, as it seems, is a risky and viscous, yet understandable action to take in the face of wrongdoing.

Take the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility for example; it was built on the grounds that 'they hit us first, and as such, we're going to hit back... 10 times harder.'
In the end, the facility only created more problems and helped the viscous wheel of vengeance to turn at a much faster rate. How did it do this, exactly? Allow me to explain:
Following 9/11, an American-led NATO Coalition Force invaded Afghanistan on the grounds that they were sheltering the top terrorist (who claimed to have planned and assisted in carrying out the 9/11 attacks, which in themselves are most likely an American conspiracy) Osama Bin Laden.

He was never found, as hard as the Americans seemed to be searching for him.
As a result, Bin Laden has become the icon of evil for the 21st century, just as Hitler was for the 20th.
Anyways, back on the topic of Guantanamo's detriments, following 9/11 a stigma was placed directly on the heads of the Muslims of the world. Anyone who simply even looked Muslim was discriminated against to some extent, especially in the States.

Following the creation of the P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act, the right to Habeas Corpus (the right to know why one is being detained, and the right of the detainee to seek out a court hearing) was suspended indefinitely, meaning that U.S. authorities could arrest whoever they like for whatever reason, and didn't have to inform the arrested person why they have been taken prisoner, as well as keep them from going to court.
This, as is apparent, was not an act that was exclusive to the geographic United States, as it was used to a greater extent in both American-occupied Afghanistan, as well as Iraq.
In this process of taking prisoners from foreign soil without doing any investigations as to make sure they had the right person, they naturally ended up with alot of innocent bystanders.

These bystanders were put in the isolated detention facility of Guantanamo alongside truly guilty members of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
After a few years, some of these people were discovered to be innocent, and as such, were released back to their home countries. Some, angry with what had happened to them, joined anti-American Jihadist groups across the Middle East as to get revenge, when in an alternate reality that they were never wrongly imprisoned, they never would have even considered committing terrorist acts against the United States.

An eye for an eye (for an eye) rings very true when these former bystanders end there lives by blowing themselves up in a bomb-laden car, effectively killing not only American soldiers, but also innocent bystanders.
American soldiers, even angrier at/ more paranoid towards Muslims, see there reasoning for imprisoning Muslim suspects without evidence as completely justified considering the circumstances.

As such, that viscous circle continues to play out, and will always continue to play out until one side finally decides to be the bigger man and realize that this constant revenge isn't getting anybody anywhere.