I think so. Or to put it in another perspective: Nations often (if not mostly or everytime) came into being by an outside threat. USA = the British England = T

I think so. Or to put it in another perspective: Nations often (if not mostly or everytime) came into being by an outside threat. USA = the British England = The French/Catholic Church Germany = France Poland = Germany and Russia and so on. Threats make possible that people see an "us". I very much like the term "imagined communities" (Benedict Anderson) in this regard.