Dr. Pierce says that to be "patriotic" nowadays means to wave the flag and shout slogans whenever the mass media deem it appropriate. It means to cheer the government whenever the government decides to use its missiles and bombs to kill a bunch of people in some other country. Instead of blood-based patriotism, today we have government-based patriotism. If you wave the flag and support the government, you're a "patriot."
No one ever asks why we have to whip every country Israel doesn't like. Of course, the stock answer is that we're "fighting terrorism." But if our aim is to protect ourselves from terrorism, why do we need to wage war against Iraq? Iraq has never inflicted any terrorism on us or even threatened to do so.
The notion being promoted in a roundabout fashion is that the only way for America to be safe is to kill off everyone who has the potential for hurting us in the future. That's a rather interesting way of looking at things! However, if our government believes this, it should launch an all-out nuclear attack on Israel immediately. Israel not only already has developed a very dangerous arsenal of weapons of mass destruction but also is a psychotic nest of murderous thugs posing a danger to the whole world.
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