Would you betray a friend before betraying your country?

I'll betray my friends rather than betraying my country because I may get several friends if I loose one but I can't get my country if I loose it. I owe my loyalty to my country for everything I possess at the moment.

It depends on what you mean by "betray" and what the reasons behind it are. If it meant saving my country, then my friends would understand. If it meant backing up my government when they are wrong, my friend and I would sit back and talk about it later over a beer.

Thanks for the answersSometimes it is not possible to know what the best choice is during the heat of the moment. And the personal idea of what a country is. During the revolutionary war or civil war there was not clear winner until it was all over.

Ummm...John Le Carre wrote "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"! EM Forster is best known for "A Passage To India". Two eminent authors, one who wrote about cold war spying while the other highlighted British class difference!

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.