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Originally posted by drizzt81 maybe i am a bit of an idealist, but i think that acquiring a certain countries citizenship should be done only if one REALLY believes that said country would be his/ her home country.

I personally do not feel that I'll go back to Poland (my native country) to live permamently - even thought I regularly visit it.

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Originally posted by drizzt81 The point I am trying to make is that I believe it to be really hard to say that "if the USA is going to attack my country of birth, I will go fight for the USA, not the other country."

Chance of Poland going to war against USA is ZERO. As a matter of fact, Polish government and Polish population currently considers USA to be even greater ally than the European Union is.

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Originally posted by drizzt81 Therefore, I can completely understand that your 'before' wanted to keep his citizenship, even though he has had a green card for a long time.

Well, the great thing is I can hold dual citizenship (my native country's law allows it). If I didn't have that option, I'd simply renew my green card every 10 years.
Another benefit of American citizenship - besides being able to vote and travel with American passport to almost every country in civilized world without need of a tourist visa - is the fact, that creditors will always give you a little lower interest rate on the purchase of the house or car

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