I don't understand the controversy in your point.
Freedom and authority and power are always linked. Americans enjoy a lot of freedom because we have the most weapons and the biggest armed forces. This has been historically true for every empire.
Freedom without force to back it up is largely a utopian ideal that doesn't exist in the real world.
Oh, and Lebell, I think the belongs more in philosophy, but I don't have the power to change that.
