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I never said it was the 'only thing' that mattered. I think it rather disingenuous to compare my point to 'just spelling' or 'using the wrong word' when it is a significant and obvious factual error. I think stupid mistakes like that detract from the force of our argument. We cannot afford to squander what little opportunity we have to reach new people with distractions.

Say a conservative gives this article to two people, someone non-ideological and a liberal. The one in the middle is beginning to be swayed, and the liberal just points out stupid it is, he doesn't even know how big our military is. His entire argument can be (note, that I did not, but it can be) discredited with a silly mistake.

Furthermore, anyone with any sensibilities would know with barely a thought that several armies are far larger than ours. It is doesn't even take someone on the other side to point it out.