A) I thank but don't take my word on it
The larger goal was uniting Americans around the war effort.
Cracking down on dissent would be a negative action in support of the larger, positive goal the government sought. The government wanted a fully united public in support of the war, and so it put out the message that that freedom of speech might have its limits in times of war.
Every Greek man was expected to keep in shape in case he was called up to the military. (War in Greece was almost constant.)
