saying them. We don't know. It used to be the case that Germany was a very militaristic nation. It surely wasn't racism to refer to this. And in referring to it we didn't say every German is of a militaristic disposition. We merely were saying that there was a prevailing militaristic culture. In this instance it was obviously true. Had it been false it wouldn't have been racism, it would just have been, well, false. To be fair, Israel over the years, unlike other countries, has consistently described itself as 'The Nation of Israel' or 'The Jewish Nation'. I can't imagine anyone saying 'The Nation of Britain' or 'The Nation of Switzerland' or The Christian Nation of France. Is Haynes Jewish? Just curious. "And they have big friends with the Americans, which some of us don't." us? who is "us" in this sentence? does he mean the uk doesn't enjoy friendly relations with america? i don't think so. so why is he using "us" here? could it be that mr. cooper is using a classic (and sneaky) rhetorical trick? by using the word "us" as he does at this juncture in his discourse, he's trying to gain sympathy for iranian position, by including himself as one of the "us" versus the evil bellicose, warlike "them", you know, the "other" the outsiders, i.e. the israelis. frankly, mr. cooper's use of language is more than a little suspect, which i also think helps to underscore your point about his bias. Cooper's subtext: