It is one thing to praise another people's culture. I have no problem with that. But the comparison, here, implies that America needed to change--or was improved by the change--and that is not acceptable.
I have no problem with mutual respect. Indeed, that was once a cornerstone of our foreign policy. I have a great problem with the idea of changing America "for the better," by making her more like other lands. The President of the United States should be about preserving, not changing the heritage of America.
Some of these concepts are discussed in my letter, this morning to Senator Lindsey Graham: Letter To Lindsey Graham.
William Flax
Amen. Mega-dittoes.
Amen. Mega-dittoes.