Posted on 04/06/2007 10:25:59 AM PDT by RWB Patriot
I'm sure everyone here has heard of Gordon Sinclair, the Canadian who made the "Tribute to the United States" speech. Well, one line he said has stuck with me.
"They will come out of this thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their noses at the countries who gloated over their present troubles."
His speech, talking about all the times America's gone to help others, yet when it comes time for them to repay their debt they don't, defines, in my opinion one of America's greatest strengths and Her greatest weaknesses. We help others out of the goodness of our hearts without any expectations of a reward, which is good, but it makes other nations unafraid to slam us, knowing that no matter how bad they criticize us, we'll rush to their aid the minute they're in trouble.
Well, what if all those times, instead of doing it out of the goodness of our hearts, we demanded payment or some kind of restitution for our goodwill...or just told them to bug off? What would the world think of us now if that's how things had turned out? Perhaps they would hate us even more...or perhaps they might actually appreciate our goodwill, knowing that it doesn't come freely.
We go out of our way to help other nations, sometimes even the ones that are our enemies, and what do we get in return? Ridicule, hate, a big slap in the face. Maybe it's time we stopped being so generous.
If they hate us so much, why should we bother helping them when they're in trouble, knowing that they'll still consider us the scourge of the Earth?
They’d be dead. We’d be richer. Hmmm.. maybe not such a bad idea.
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