The United States “are” NOT a country!

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DO WHAT?  That’s right, the United States is not a country.  Let’s use a couple of terms that all should be familiar with.  Once a year the president gives an address to Congress.  It is called the State of the Union.  People have heard the term Glorious Union.  Of course during the War for Southern Independence, there were 2 sides, the Confederacy and the Union.  So there are three simply albeit poignant terms to help illustrate what the united States is.   The united States is a UNION of States.  If the State of the Union was called the State of the Nation address, or the State of the State address or the State of the Country, then we might concur that the united States is a country.  Why then do they use the term Confederate and Union when talking about battles in the “Civil War”?  Couldn’t they say the Confederates and the Nationals, or the Confederates and the Country?  How about our grand republic instead of Glorious Union?  No, the united States were formed into a non binding Union to make a common currency, provide for common defense and of course for making trade among the States much simpler.  A country is a State, as in the head of Italy is called the head of State.  So, when people say this country is going to hell, ask them which country they are talking about.  Before Lincoln the united State were considered “are” after Lincoln, the united States are considered “is”.  For those with common sense no more explanation is necessary, for those lacking common sense, no explanation is possible.

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