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Because guess what??? That’s my country. It’s the only government on the planet that pretends to care what I think, the only government which claims to represent my concerns and interests, and the only government that claims to act on my behalf! It’s the only government which taxes my earnings and debases my purchasing power. It’s the only government I have any chance of influencing. There’s no point in criticizing a government which doesn’t even claim to represent me, unless of course it’s on the receiving end of my tax dollars and/or lobbies my politicians for preferential treatment overseas.

And like I’ve already expressed (which you keep avoiding), the burden of proof is on power, not freedom, war, not peace, imperialists, not separatists, invaders, not insurgents, occupiers, not rebels, etc. Aggression demands justification, not self-defense. We don’t scrutinize freedom and non-intervention. Rather it is intervention and control that require a reckoning.