Saying Goodbye to "the American Patriotism" and Hello to an "earthly patriotism": A response to Robert Jensen

To quote Eugene Debs, " I have no country to fight for, my country is the earth and i am a citizen of the world", i think this hits the nail on the head as to why i agree with Robert Jensen's position in the article "Goodbye to Patriotism" because we have to stop think of ourselves as citizens of individual nations but more of as citizens of one race belonging to the earth. When the terrorists bombed the World Trade Center amongst many other realted attacks, they claimed they were doing it in the name of Allah (God); some may claim that to be patriotism-the love and loyalty to a belief or religion (rather than a nation) so how different are we who despise terrorists when we bomb Iraq, hurt innocent civilians and claim we are defending our country or worse of all as some say "the lives of US citizens are more important that the lives of Afghanistan citizens". Why do we continue to isolate ourselves be it by sex, race, ethnicity and nationality from those of the opposite sex, race, ethnicity or from different countries? Last time i checked. the USA is part of this world so when people say "we should bomb Afghanistan till there's no earth to bomb" doesn't that include bombing the US as well? Its time i think we start looking at the bigger picture- World Unity and fighting for a common goal and being patriotic to the world rather fostering our individual goals as a nation. American feel the same grief when they loose a loved one and i can bet my life savings that Afghanistans who have lost loved ones feel the very same grief! So the question isn't being patriotic to the US, the question setting aside all our differences as a nation( from others) and realizing that we would achieve more if we all show "love and loyalty for the world".