Call Me Arrogant

After France and The United Kingdom had been bled white by the German Maxim Guns, artillery barrages and gas clouds in the fields of France, American Doughboys arrived. Our young Americans made the difference, and the Kaiser was defeated. No one called us arrogant.


Twenty years later, American soldiers again crossed the Atlantic. Our young Americans liberated everything from the English Channel to the Rhine River. After the Nazi guns had fallen silent, America asked for nothing more than a place to bury her thousands of dead. No one called us arrogant.


When all of Europe was nothing more than a smoldering ruin with a shattered economy and exhausted armies, the Soviet Union cast a covetous eye over the broken continent. American Soldiers stood alone in the gap between Europe and Soviet domination. America pledged to defend Europe as if it were American soil, and no one called us arrogant.

I am an American and I believe that every human being is born with certain inalienable rights. I believe in individual liberty, personal and religious freedom. I believe in a fair and open market, and a free press. I believe that all men were created equal and I believe in a government by the people, of the people, and for the people. I believe in a government of laws, not men. I believe that these rights are worth fighting for and defending.

My president, and all of Europe may call me arrogant, but I'll never appologize for that. I am proud of it. I am proud to be an American.