There are countless things we can place in America’s “Good” column, notwithstanding that a few things rightly fall in our “Not So Good” column as well. For instance, America creates most of the new pharmaceuticals for all that ails the world. Sure, we complain about the high cost of drugs, but we recognize that drug companies spend billions in R&D in order to create them and rightly need to recover those costs.
And let’s not forget that America put all - 100 per cent - of the men on the moon. Our unquenchable thirst for knowledge drives our indomitable desire to explore the unknown.
America invented the Internet, making it possible for people to spread their wisdom (and stupidity) to a wider audience at greater speed than ever before. No, it wasn’t Al Gore, but it was American ingenuity.
Although we’re experiencing some growing pains with respect to illegal immigration, America still peacefully accepts more legal immigrants than any other country in the world.
And we have the longest standing constitution of any government, providing the strongest protection for individual liberty, of any nation in the world. That’s an amazing thing! Sure, organizations like the ACLU try to erode it, but our constitution has held up better than any other in history.
America props up much of the world’s economy through its massive foreign trade deficit, stable dollar, leadership of the G7+1, advocacy for free trade and funding of the IMF. That’s no small feat.
Let’s remember, too, that America has stopped all - 100 per cent - of the major wars the world has known in the last 100 years. Think about that for a minute. And we prevent or stop smaller wars across the globe in a way that no other country or international organization (think EU or the UN) can even contemplate. Who really stopped the invasion of South Korea? Or brought the killing in the Balkans to an end? Or keeps the lid on the Middle East?
And most importantly, America has the self-control, self-confidence, and morality to not use its global hyper-superpower to annex land and resources simply because it can. That’s never been nor will it ever be the American way.
Yes, our “Good” column is long and distinguished, and we continue to work on those things that land in our “Not So Good” column. It’s part of what has made America strong throughout our short history and why we will remain the greatest nation on earth. God bless the USA!
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