[wnight]

> That means that if my country goes to war and I'm drafted then I must fight and possibly die for my country.

Societies that raise slave armies aren't free.

Or, did I miss where you'd be able to abstain if, for instance, you knew the whole thing was a farce?

> Being a citizen doesn't just have benefits but also responsibilities.

And consequences. If you're a US taxpayer (one of about 200M) you've recently paid for the killing of about 1/100th of someone, likely a non-combatant.

Not to count (of course) those your country's policies have merely displaced, such as many of the poor in Mexico, victims of "Free Trade" and the like.

Darned illegals.

> If we completely open the borders to everyone, then our government wouldn't even be able to serve the current legal citizens.

Cite needed.

The USA can manufacture and deliver a bomb for every man, woman, and child in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc, and you don't think it could provide basic food and medical instead?

[freshfunk]

The USA is not responsible for the citizens of Mexico and to imply that they are is actually insulting to Mexico. It says that they can't take care of their own citizens.

Everything else you said is simply biased slander on your part.

[wnight]

We've screwed them over in war, taken land, and forced them to accept unfair treaties. While that's not all that's happened to them, it is enough.

Like Iraq. It may crawl back to where it was before the attack but only at ten times the effort. Likely it'll bear the scars of the war for a century and, if the USA gets its way, suffer "treaties" long after that. Is it insulting to the Iraqis to say that this will set them back, or is it realistic?

> Everything else you said is simply biased slander on your part.

I could say you're a pro-USA fanboy who'll blindly support them regardless because he's afraid his loyalty will be questioned and his citizenship revoked. But, even if I feel you act that way, I won't. Srs. So don't do it to me either, k?