In Europe, were Anti-Americanism is becoming a common attitude, America has been called "the greatest threat to world security." But there are those in the UK who see Britain and America as sharing a unique relationship: America is the product of the democratic ideals of England, a democracy freed by it's rejection of stifling effect of socialism, supplied by its abundant natural resources and fired by its spiritual vision of optimism, purpose, and inalienable rights bestowed by a Creator (life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are not transitory rights given by the whim of the state, but rather "inalienable" rights bestowed to every man by the Creator; as such, the state cannot revoke them) that results in a dignity for the individual unseen in the history of the world.
In that vein, the people at http://www.britainandamerica.com. has started an intriguing ad campaign titled "A World Without America" to remind us what that world might look like wthout the Statue of Liberty's torch shining to the world.
Here's the video (2 min.)
This short video delivers the message, but one could go on and on about the effect of a world wihout America. The purpose is not to claim that we're perfect, but rather that America has been a force for Good in the world that far outweighs its occasional stumbling and failure to live up to its own ideals, and is, in fact, an engine for technological innovation, the establisher and guardian of free peoples, the compassionate hand of relief for the poor and downtrodden of the world, and the best shield against Middle Eastern and Asian domminance Europe has.
The bottom line: a world w/out America is a world with more disease, more poverty, more danger (and more tryannical rule).
Thank, Chaps.
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