I’m noticing a lot of foreigners who seem to not understand why we’d risk hundreds of lives, spend millions of dollars, and sacrifice several aircraft to rescue one guy. And the reason they don’t understand is also the reason people can’t be made American by a piece of paper.
Never forget that:
1) Missouri never seceded from the Union.
2) About 5x more Missourians than kansans fought for the Union.
3) The Missouri Tigers are named after a pro-Union militia who successfully defended Columbia from a pro-Confederate militia.