Though I would normally go on a tangent about Evil (action taken based on an unquestioned belief), I would rather just say thank you for a fairly good analysis. I think we should extend the same privilege (respecting a country as a peopled nation, rather than one entity/narrow interests (usually money's interests)) toward several other countries, and especially cooperation toward finding some common human ground rather than blind nationalistic competition. In the immediate term, a lot of competitive fanatics need to stand down and step off their pedestals. Humanity is really on a climate precipice and we don't have time for bullshit.