There are always the naysayers. The people who don't like the United States of America. The people who point out all the negatives. But the United States can't help being made up of human beings and human beings have transgressed everywhere they've roamed. There is nothing unique about that in our 50 States and 5 territories.
But the United States is unique in this world in many things. The first and foremost, is we weren't formed by some War Lord who managed to subdue, coerce or negotiate with other War Lords to get himself named the King, and the place, a country. No, the United States of America begins with the stroke of a pen. 'When in the course of human events...' And it turned out to be one hell of an event. It changed the course of history.
We were created by ideas and ideals. They are ingrained in out founding document and all our laws. We may fall short of those ideas and ideals from time to time, but they are ours. We created them. When President Lincoln spoke about our nation on November 19th 1863 and said. "that nation of the people, by the people and for the people", we were the only place on the planet, where anyone, could cast a vote.
When you go to work for the government in any capacity, the military, the legislatures, as civil servants, or anyone having anything to do with the workings of government, you take an oath. And that oath is not to the King, The Queen or whatever Potentate is running the show. You don't even take an oath to the country or even its people. You take an oath to preserve, protect and defend, the Constitution, our ideas and ideals.
So when the naysayers whine, cry and bemoan this or that about the good ole U.S. of A, just remember, we invented this thing called Liberty. It's our way of life. It was and is, a pathway, for the rest of the human race to follow.
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