Apparently the USA won't tell you where you are not allowed to visit. You can even visit Afghanistans and the other -stans all you like. Remember that Jamish schumuck who went to Iraq looking for a possible job as an independent contractor? Got his head hacked off. Remember that poor guy who got kidnapped in Beirut? Nobody said he could not marry a middle Eastern women and live there. We all have the freedom to travel the world and witness coups, wars, famine, Eboli in action, take pictures of Muslims shooting Christians because we want to be there. Adventures galore!