"We
are all different, but when we ask for the Lord’s blessings, we must not forget
that God created us equal." V. V. Putin, Op/Ed NYTimes, September 11, 2013
"We
hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they
are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these
are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." US Declaration of
Independence, July 2/4, 1776, written mainly by Thomas Jefferson.
Well, now
we have President of Russian Vladimir V. Putin (without attribution) less or
more consciously citing Jefferson, who himself said he was just expressing the
mind of the British Colonial American times, when he penned what later
sociologists would call the "America Creed".
But is it
true? And does the President of Russia really believe it? Or is he just using
"God", a theology of politics, as a convenient political pawn?
And in a
piece written by a President with a questionable personal CV related to
"democracy"... about one nation's killing of its own people who
want(ed) "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" and
"equality"... about whether another nation, or nations, is, or are,
to enforce international agreements on protecting human rights...does he want
attempt to voice the rest of the "American Creed" to America? to the
world? to "men" or just to nations? and Russia? in his taking
exception to America's claim to exceptionalism?
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