I am not quite sure why you abhor me. It's honestly confusing.

I did not say that I am a traitor; Ann Coulter did. I did not say that I hate America; Glenn Beck did. I did not say I am a false American; you and hyperionred did. I don't hate anyone. Anyone who abhors me does so on their own initiative; and it did not become so because I mentioned it.

I won't be shy about what I did say: Militaries inevitably take on the moral character of the regimes they serve. If and when a nation slides into totalitarianism, that nation's army becomes a threat to its people. America is sliding into totalitarianism before your eyes. (See Slate article 2176401 for starters.) In the circumstances, we and our constitutional tradition would be safer with a smaller military. I said that.

You could disagree with my argument on theoretical grounds, or dispute the facts that I cited. But no one does that Instead, you simply "abhor" me, and declare that all "real Americans" abhor me, and declare that I am not a real American. I cause "stress on the system." The scary thing is, that is how totalitarians think and operate.

I am not sure who is the real American, or what that means anymore. But I am fairly sure America is not what it used to be.