The Airman in this poem is 'bothered' about Ireland. He fought for the British army in the war which is why he doesn't love who he is guarding because he calls himself an Irish man. In WW1 a lot of Irish men would've fought for the British army even though they weren't actually British.
Ok, overall, this was a great analysis, only thing is that the reasoning for the lines "those I fight I do not hate..." Wasn't actually a lack of patriotism, he was flying for the British as an Irishman, Irish history is lengthy but at the time we were occupied by the British but yet, while people were fighting for independence, others were fighting in WW1 (most either just being desperate for a wage or believing it would lead to independence as some form of reward)
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