I don't think that love of one's nation is sneaky and dishonest
Of course, it's not.
You're sneaky & dishonest for treading around the Catholic Truth that God will not hear prayers of iniquitous groups, nor will any saint intercede for them. Faithful Catholic individuals in those institutions, who pray, will be heard by Heaven, but, as I said before, why would any Catholic serve in an institution that is of Antichrist such as the U.S. military? Don't say "the draft" again because that doesn't apply now, and it hasn't since the Vietnam conflict ended. Use some logic and stop eating the oils and fats that clog your brain which limits you from thinking well.
Understand, sneaky man?