I respect Mr. Sowell and his opinion more than you know, but I think you could also write, "the toleration of imperfections could cost us our freedom".
"Toleration is the absence of standards."
This will boost Obama thinking. They will see how wonderful the French team is and Obama will say, “See, we need our own domestic military which is just as powerful as our ‘real’ military. And he will start spending more money to support the domestic side and stunt and blackmail the real national security. And the Oathkeepers know this. God bless them all and watch out amerika.