Good points Walton albiet I don t know how we could work these ideas into the article and further they would need to be sourced True all countries are patriotic Although the US is incredibly so Nothing wrong with that as far as patriotism goes Saying every country is patriotic can also be interpreted as saying that the differences between the US and other countries should not be addressedif everyone is patriotic then there is no reason to point this out Of course there are different levels of patriotism In Ukraine for example where I lived and where my wife is from the people have little patriotism toward Ukraine even during the USSR the patriotism never reached the levels that America had to my knowledge the only country that comes close to this level of patriotism is pre World War II Japan and GermanyEuropeans today certainly do not have the level of patriotism and nationalism of Americans The US is the only empire which the majority of its population denies that it is an empire if you accept the premise that the US is an empire which you also do not Miller is attempting to explain why with one theory You are welcome to add competing cited theories I am quite happy with the depth of this article now mostly because of the work of Dkalkin who added many competing theories and ideas I don t know how else I could personally make this article better right now Anyway edit away but please cite sources and avoid Weasel words a pet peeve of mine Thanks for your comments Walton Oh PS you probably dislike Miller because of his views which color his ideas Miller feels that the Philippine American War was a war in which the US instigated causing a lot of grevious war crimes which were ignored by the US politicans You can read Philippine American War for more of his ideas Signed