A real patriot should be willing to burn a flag and fight the power -- whatever it takes -- when it comes to personal sovereignty. The govt should not be sovereign. We are.

Read up on what the US did in the Middle East and Latin America after ww2 and you'll see what a terrible job we did protecting freedom. That is not our job. At all.

Don't confuse loyalty to a govt with loyalty to the country. If you're willing to trade in your freedom for security, you don't get the point of being American.