Based on the words you used and the order in which you wrote them, that is how I took your comment. If that was not your point, then maybe I am being obtuse and over reactionary? But when you posted what you did, closing with a criticism of Carter being a "coot" -- you certainly appeared to me to be making the point: "The USG has always been thinly veiled totalitarianism disguised as democracy, and as such one should certainly not be surprised, nor objectionable to the current version of the same-old-same-old"

These actions, now and in hte past, are unacceptable. Period - under any government in any era.