I thought we were Nazis.
You: I thought we were Nazis.
You're mistakenly using the past tense.
The Taliban and drug warriors seek to impose their will upon others for no good reason except their desire to dictate to others. Now tell me why Jews or drug users or anyone else who doesn't conform to your concept of correctness and causes no direct harm to others should be subject to your world view?
Perhaps you were, but I think most Texans were patriotic Americans.