> Bombing another country is a legitimate act of the state. You're wading into deep waters here. What makes a state's actions "legitimate"? There are a lot of

> Bombing another country is a legitimate act of the state. You're wading into deep waters here. What makes a state's actions "legitimate"? There are a lot of theories on this. One of these theories says that a state's legitimacy and sovereignty rests in the will of the people it governs. For example, the U.S declaration of independence states in it's first paragraph "Governments ... deriv[e] their just powers from the consent of the governed". Accordingly, if a state does a thing, and enough people ruled under that state believe it's illegitimate, then it is indeed illegitimate. Under this principle, criticizing the actions of those that govern you is not unpatriotic or "a political statement" as you say, it's an integral part of government itself.