In this particular point willingness to defend your country by force is an attribute of patriotism.
PS. Australia and Canada never had their revolutions.
No, they did not - that is true. But Russia, China, Cuba and North Korea did.
I'm curious, does this article describe American Exceptionalism so well -- and you agree with it to the word -- that we discuss the article and not your personal (Svetlana and Maria) ideas about this topic?