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Patriotism; meaning support and defense of one's country.

Odds are, you're most likely looking for the popular term "hawk" which has already been blown out of proportion by the current generation, because it sounds better (sounds cool). But used in the Vietnam era, a hawk was considered patriotic...but was also used to really mean AGGRESSIVE...as eagles, falcons, and hawks are birds of prey...and are aggressive killers. Thus the term "hawk" for "bombing (North Vietnam) back into the stone age!" Words of USAF Gen Curtis LeMay in 1965.

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