Growing up we are taught that patriotism is a good thing..
We often here the term nationalism but not as a good thing..
Do they seem to mean essentially the same thing......???
Good Americans are of course patriotic.... & if others are Good XXXX's (According to them) then they are usually referred to as nationalist (according to us) especially if they are not viewed as a friendly country........
If you are an American & you love America you are a patriot. You are a Serbian & you love Serbia you are a nationalist....
Words.................
If the occupied cooperated w/ the nazi's they were collaborators......
If occupied IraQi's cooperate w/ the USA they are X?X?X?X?X..????
Marshal Philippe Pétain of occupied Vichy France was a ?????????????
Nouri Kamel Mohammed Hassan al-Maliki of occupied IraQ is a ????????