Sad about our Country

It's the day after a momentous occasion, the election of the first black President of the United States of America. The global and eternal ramifications of this will most likely far outweigh any of the mistakes that Barak Obama might make in the coming years. What's sad to me is that Americans are so disgruntled with the direction of our country that they simply want change, any change in a direction counter to the current one. They don't need to know the details.

But it's just not true. Based on any kind of objective evaluation, the United States is the greatest country on earth, the most generous, the most powerful, and yes even humble given its strength. Maybe most importantly, America is the only country that is willing to do what is right regardless of the consequences to its own peoples' lives and treasure and regardless of what the rest of the world thinks of us. That's the definition of heroism, not imperialism.