It troubles me more because if feeds big government, which, in my opinion, is Constitutionally given very limited powers. Those powers continue to usurp the freedoms of the people, taking them from rulers of the government and government being our servants to government ruling us and we being the servants.
There is nothing at all wrong with nationalism as long as that passion does not blind us into doing the very things that will destroy our traditional Constitutional form of government
Since we loan our money to the govenment, interest-free, each paycheck, and, since, really, we are at the mercy of the Federal Reserve for the rest of our money, I wonder if big government's actions since the attacks are just putting a nail or two in the coffin, so to speak. Because, if you think about it, we've been servants to the government for a very, very long time.