Before We Lay Claim To The Title Of World Leader

Before we start beating our chest and throwing up our arms in jubilant celebration as a World Leader, let's not forget our checkered past. Many Europeans remember what it was like to be an indentured servant or slave in this country.

They know the vast majority of African-Americans were slaves in a nation that proclaimed freedom for all. Even to this day, there are many hate groups within our borders. The world has not forgotten how we Americans also discriminated against Italians, the Irish, Chinese, Japanese and Jews. The have not forgotten our dishonesty, lies, deception, racism and murder of Native Americans. They remember our injustices against Mexico, Spain and Hawaii.

They know America is king of the hill, not because of our virtue, but because of our military industrial complex and ideological systems that cripple many nations on this planet. There are many peoples and cultures around the world that have not forgotten the injustices that led to Shay's Rebellion and the veterans march on Washington. The world knows we still have a tendency to allow rampant corruption within our city, state and federal governments.

They have not forgotten how all white juries freed murderers, rapists and failed to convict known criminals. European and other peoples on this planet know about our injustices to Native Americans and Mexico. They have not forgotten how we allowed the bombing of innocent children, the beatings, the hangings, the poor farms, the burning of the Branch Davidians and the utter brutality of Jim Crow.

European and other nations around the world have not forgotten about the Civil War, the Great Depression, the unjust imprisonment of our Japanese citizens during World War II, the discrimination and terror inflicted upon our German citizens during the same War. Many even changed their names and denied their heritage to avoid persecution. Many have not forgotten how we denied German Jews a sanctuary within our country when they were dying in Hitler's gas chambers by the millions.

There are many people around the world that remember how we treated the Mormons and the Jehovah Witnesses. Many people on this planet have not forgotten that in the land of the free and the brave, 3 Presidents have been assassinated within our borders. Great civic leaders have been gunned down in the prime of their lives. Innocent citizens have been murdered on our streets and are still being murdered by gangs, crime bosses and hoodlums.

The world remembers the tyranny of the Ku Klux Klan, the terror on the Mississippi during the Civil War, the terror of Sherman's Army during the same war and Andersonville. They know, we Americans have murdered over 40 million babies since Roe Vs Wade. The world looks upon us with bewilderment and dismay because we destroyed our own cities and industrial base. I could go on, but I am sure you get the point. We have a long way to go before we can justly claim the title of World Leader.