That 1776 Declaration of Independence from Britain’s King George by the United States of America has been echoed by many US Presidents, and Mr Obama reiterated the sentiments by saying that “We believe in human dignity — that every person is created equal.” He also said in Europe last year that “we believe in democracy — with elections that are free and fair; and independent judiciaries and opposition parties; civil society and uncensored information.”
The Declaration is an inspiring document. If the world had embraced its tenets we would be living in paradise. But mankind is a defective species and the Earth is now a place which generations of humans have allowed and even encouraged to become a confrontational swamp infested by malevolent unprincipled savages whose justification for their brutal actions rests in noisily-claimed belief in a supreme spiritual being of the Islamic persuasion.