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Why do people keep using Iraq as an example of anything good or bad
they are an independent county.. I was there bagdad and Anbar was never stable it was managed chaos All we where was pest control .. and that was 10 years ago Afghanistan is no different .. they have time on their sides because they know America can't stay forever .. no mater how much some here think we should
But our Government will keep exaggerating the threat ISIS or any other group.. hold it against us.. crying the sky is falling !! striking Fear in the our un educated population when it comes to how things operate outside our borders
so they can keep pumping billions into arm's manufacturer pass laws like the Patriot Act all in the Name of keeping America Safe
Nationalism is what I feel Trump is Selling and his supporters are getting it confused with patriotism
from the Washington post letter to the editor
George F. Will’s statement [“Ukraine: A crisis that matters,” op-ed, Feb. 20] that “nationalism is a necessary, although insufficient impulse sustaining liberty” needs clarifying. Nationalism must be distinguished from patriotism.
Patriotism is fundamental to liberty because pride in one’s nation-state, and a willingness to defend it if necessary, is the basis of national independence. Patriotism is the courage of national self-determination.
By contrast, nationalism is patriotism transformed into a sentiment of superiority and aggression toward other countries. Nationalism is the poisonous idea that one’s country is superior to somebody else’s. Nationalism is intrinsically a cause of war and imperialism.
In the Ukraine conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin is a nationalist imperialist and the Kiev protesters are patriots.
Ronald Tiersky, Amherst, Mass.
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