I don't know about you, but that attitude does not gain any nuance at all just because you apply it to nations instead of individuals. In fact, given that natio

I don't know about you, but that attitude does not gain any nuance at all just because you apply it to nations instead of individuals. In fact, given that nations contain a myriad forces opposing each other that an individual would not (and therefore conflicting views on pretty much anything), it seems considerably worse to apply it to nations than individuals. And it's already bad enough using patriotism to blackmail individuals into supporting you.