I got his point. My point is that national loyalties should not take precedence over personal values IN THOSE INSTANCES it is patently obvious that national loyalties are in conflict with basic human values. For example, there was a time in this country when it was OK to murder Native Americans because the land they were sitting on had value. I am speaking of the 1950's when Indians were assassinated because their property happened to have oil beneath it. This was supported by the government which did not go after the oil companies.
Ten years ago, a group of Jews in NYC were brutalized and terrorized for four days by a large number of African Americans. The media rationalized the violence, the police made no arrests for rioting, the judicial system acquited a murderer who had been identified at the death bed of his victim, and few people cared at all. That event prejudiced my view of my fellow Americans. That was my "epiphany" which made me realize that, while Americans talk about what a great country this is, they really aren't interested in DOING ANYTHING to MAKE this a great country.
It's not "religious" values or "national loyalties", it's basic human values (or the lack of them) which concern me.