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July 25, 2008
Memo To Obama: We Are Americans First, Last, Always.
Topics: Political News and commentariesIn spite of what Obama said in Berlin when he essentially declared himself president of the world:
Those of us who are Americans are not "citizens of the world;" our first loyalty is to this country. Our servicemen and -women do not put on a uniform and fight and sometimes die on behalf of "the world;" they fight and die on behalf of the United States. When John McCain was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam and tortured, it was not because he was a "citizen of the world;" it was because he was an American citizen fighting on behalf of his country. Nor do we pledge allegiance to "the world;" we pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands. Our founders did not mutually pledge to one another their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor on behalf of a "world declaration;" they did so on behalf of declaration of independence of a particular nation, with a particular creed and a set of particular principles. And if Senator Obama becomes president, he will swear to protect and uphold and defend the American Constitution, not a "Constitution of the world."Well said ...The best we can hope for is that Obama's words shows a deep confusion about what true citizenship is and ought to be. One simply cannot expect people to declare their citizenship for, and pledge their allegiance and lives to, "the world," which (like that "world organization," the United Nations) happens to include regimes like North Korea, Syria, Iran, Venezuela, Sudan, China, and Zimbabwe, to name just a few.
Posted by Richard at July 25, 2008 9:57 AM
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