In the beginning <br />We were rejected by the world <br />We arrived from different nations <br />Different bloodlines <br />We arrived from persecution for our beliefs <br />We arrived from slave trades forced to leave our families <br />We arrived from governments that have collapsed and become corrupt <br />We have escaped from dictatorships <br />The US has always welcomed those that seek her protection <br />We created a new kind of democracy <br />One where the will of the people control the country <br />And by the constitution <br />We have changed to accommodate all who live here <br />As the US grows older we grow stronger <br />We recognize and value every citizen <br />We change and become wiser to the needs of every American <br />We have become examples to the world <br />and thus we have become envied <br />Because of our success we are subject to hate <br />But for those who yearn for freedom and dream of it <br />The world needs The United States <br />For we are an example of freedom <br />Sure the US has it's share of problems <br />And the US needs to continue to grow and change <br />By the will of the people <br />The US will progress <br />If you compare the US to all other countries <br />There is no comparison <br />Over 500 million people live in a country bigger than Europe itself <br />And to compare what happens to one small country and what happens in the United States <br />There is no comparison <br />Name one country in the world where the people as free as the people of the US <br />Our poorest live in wealth compared to the poor of other countries <br />Not one country sacrifices as much lives as the US to help the world in crisis <br />The US spreads it's own wealth to other governments even when they are our enemies <br />If the US was to stop and leave the world to itself <br />There would be chaos.<br /><br />Dimitri Jagodinski<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/why-the-world-needs-the-united-states/
