War & Patriotism

War & Patriotism

Do you think patriotism means supporting the government in times of war? Patriotism is love, devotion, support and defense of one's country. Unpatriotic is showing lack of love, devotion, support and defense for one’s country. Citizens who support a particular war as well as those who oppose it are all behaving patriotically because they have each reached an independent decision about what course of action is in the best interest of their country, and the best interest is war sometimes and you need to support your government whether it’s your best interest or not.
Throughout history, however, there have been those who have argued in favor of patriotism, one that entails an unconditional support of one's government during wartime. Obviously this type of patriotism does not require the citizen to do any study or engage in any reasoning process. All that is expected is, "Support your government during wartime." I agree because I think that you should support your government regardless and the only way that you deserve to complain is if you’re actually doing something to change the government’s decision. We have to defend our country that we live in. The country’s citizens support our government with other situations that are just as bad as war. It baffles me that citizens will not support out government because they find that fighting in a war is unpatriotic. They are being protected by other people regardless and they don’t even step foot in a war zone. The government bases its final decision on what is best for America’s population. I support my country’s government whether I am for or against the decision. It’s a respect that you gain for the country’s government you live in. Without respect and support, America would be a wreck. If our government didn’t retaliate back when we are being attacked then our country would be a lot worse then it
is. For example, the terrorists crashing airplanes into the World Trade Center Twin Towers and the Pentagon on...

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