Iam proud to be an American, not just because our nation has lasted 250 years with great success under the same charter, but because of our positive influence around the world.
In World War I, we turned the tide in favor of the Allied forces.
In World War II, Nazi totalitarianism would have won, but the United States bolstered Allied forces overseas and in the European theater. Japanese aggression throughout Southeast Asia, from 1931 to 1945, ended because of America. We dropped two atomic bombs on their homeland, and we forced their surrender.
The Cold War was the longest battle. Yes, there were fewer battles, but many sanctions, lots of threats, and too many incursions and expansions of communist influence around the world. The United States stood firm against the Soviet Union and its satellites. President Nixon’s rapprochement with China and Reagan’s tough diplomacy hastened the Soviet Union’s decline.
The world received an unexpected Christmas gift on Dec. 25, 1991, when Mikhail Gorbachev declared the official dissolution of the Soviet Union.
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