Do those truths stop at the water's edge, the way our partisan politics are supposed to?Certainly not, but that doesn't mean it's our job to enforce them. The Declaration also states that it's the right and duty of the people themselves to provide for their own freedom. The question I've asked you is whether you have evidence that the Founders intended for us to enforce these words for the rest of the world.
inquest:
Ah, but we're begging the question a bit. Have we established that I assert the Founders intended for us to enforce the Declaration on the rest of the world?
I do assert that they knew the inevitable outcome of the Revolution, was the spread of its truths to all of mankind. For if the precepts of the Declaration are true, then they are true for
all men - not just Americans.
When you marry this perspective with the hyperpower status of the United States today, then the natural result is the - yes, enforced - liberation of those peoples who suffer under two conditions: a) live under brutal and unacceptable tyranny,
and b) live under a regime which also threatens the United States.
Best regards,
Robert Teesdalewww.teesdale.com