[boplicity]

The UK is also not a single person, but a collection of millions of individuals and diverse groups with diverse opinions and actions.

[reactordev]

This is what they want. Everyone gasping at their actions but uninformed on what to do about it.

[boplicity]

My point is that a country may do reprehensible things, but that does not mean that the people in that country approve of those things -- or even that the people in government approve of them. Countries can be complex, with many contradictions, opinions, and opposing forces.