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Originally Posted by Telluride
And it could, of course, be an overstatement. One could refer to something as "un-Christian" without being a Bible-thumping theocrat. I've done it, and I'm not even a Christian much less an evangelical, extremist Christian.
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I don't think I've actually heard the term "un-Christian" before. "Un-American," on the other hand, seems to have entered common parlance in the American media. And sure enough, Google searches will turn up hundreds of thousands more hits of the latter term than they will the former. Moreover, I can't think of another country off the top of my head where they have a similar use of such a term. (i.e. "un-Canadian," "un-British," "un-French" (non-Francaise?), "un-Iraqi," you get the point.)
While I agree that it could be an overstatement, I doubt it's the case. I would be a bit surprised to find someone I know who would disagree with me if I told them that I think America is a nationalist country.
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Originally Posted by Telluride
I'm not convinced that it's necessary to invade or otherwise attack Iran at this point. But if it became necessary from the standpoint of self defense, I'd "go it alone" if we had to. If our choices were to fight alone or do nothing while being attacked, it would be foolish to do nothing.
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Just like how Iraq was going to attack?
Of course it's only natural to fight while being attacked, but this pre-emptive, with-you-or-without-you, with-us-or-against-us mode of handling things smacks of nationalism.