It's very, very simple really. If invaded by the hegemon west, what do you do? I know, I know, slightly beyond your experience, as a first-worlder : ). In essence, despite your possible protestations, you haven't even considered what I said and instead gave me an example of your very limited narrative (eyes roll). Legitimately, I considered this as a strawman argument.
Perhaps you could give me an alternative word to patriotism for this phenomenon that drives the population (the second and the third world kind) to resist the hegemon. I'd be glad to adopt if it suits. If I was cruder I would also say what you offered is bollox. Just by the by.
Trouble is in the west, this patriotism thing is has been subverted to meaninglessness and yet you consider you may legitimacy in owning this concept to rail against it. You are very learned man, it seems, and yet ...