“Yes, it may very well be that Barack Obama is repeating the mistakes of Chamberlain, Roosevelt (at Yalta), and Laval. Yet, not of these statesmen were unpatriotic. They were patriots, and each of whom was devoted to his nation’s interests as he perceived them. They meant well. So let’s not question Senator Obama’s patriotism.”

I have an idealistic definition for patriotism; it is love of country because of the nation’s devotion to human life, human liberty and human creativity – see the American Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights. When a leader loves his country in spite of its destruction of human life, liberty and creativity, i.e.: in spite of the nations tyranny, i.e.: “my country right or wrong;” then the leader is a Nationalist, not a Patriot. Laval was a French Nationalist, not a French Patriot; and he deserved capital punishment for his crimes against humanity.

Does Barak Obama, or any Leftist Democrat, really believe in the ideas in the American Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights? Or do they love America because of its state power envisioned in their hands?