I have mixed feelings about dual citizenship. My brother should have it. He's lived in Austria for going on 20 years and has an Austrian family. He's at least part Austrian now. But he's also still very much American. In that situation, it makes sense to me (he doesn't actually have dual citizenship yet). But I get annoyed at people I know who get Irish citizenship because they have relatively recent Irish heritage, but they've only ever been there as tourists. Particularly the "if it gets worse, I'll just leave" crowd (and the "I don't want to be seen as a dumb American" crowd). First, it's unlikely that any of them would actually ever leave--it's just a silly statement to the world--and second, how about working to make it better? (Similarly, how about trying to show the world that you are not a dumb American?)
