America's Declaration of Independence was approved by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. Thereupon the course was set for those colonies to unite against their British oppressor, and thereby throw off the chains that oppressed them, of which they were successful in this pursuit through their extraordinary courageous efforts. The corresponding result became the republic thereupon so created, including the ratification of the Constitution, thereof, that is and remains the highest law of this land.
While the principles as written for America are really second-to-none, a given country is only as good as its actions so taken domestically as well as internationally, of which, quite frankly and to the disgrace of all those that love freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; America has not lived up to its noble expectations, but has fallen far short for what it was meant to stand for, again and again. While much credit must be given to all those great citizens and American institutions that have done so much and sacrificed unselfishly on behalf of their fellow denizens and for the world at large; that unfortunately, is the exception and certainly not the rule in America, for the governing instruments of this nation, who are the collectively the captain of this ship, have insisted upon becoming an oppressive imperial power that continues to erode the good will so created by those that have been true to that republican course of our founding.
Despite all the endless propaganda, insisting that there are all sorts of countries, agencies, peoples, and individuals that have it in for America, the fact of the matter is, that America is the sole superpower in the world, and any enmity so created against America, primarily comes forth by the very actions that America insists it must take so as to "bully" and to control the world for its own greedy benefit. For instance, America believes it has the right to attack any sovereign nation that it so desires to attack, under the most dubious of circumstances, and thereupon proceeds to kill as many non-combatants and combatants as it so desires, and to destroy as much infrastructure as it so wants, while suffering little or no retribution in kind, because those that it attacks, have not the power or means to respond to such in any sort of comprehensive way. Further, America believes that foreign markets are theirs to control, and that valuable commodities such as oil, are only allowed to be sold and marketed per the conditions set forth by the United States, or else these will simply be confiscated and appropriated by America for its use. Additionally, America does not recognize the sovereignty of any nation, but believes it has the national right to interfere in the domestic affairs of any country, at any time, and can take whatever action, that it so desires to take against those countries that will not bend to America's will.
Quite clearly, as it stands, the world is America's oyster. However, America's bad actions have created a great deal of resentment, even from those that are allied with America; as well as creating a consortium of foreign and even domestic enemies , of which all of these entities are simply biding their time, in the knowing recognition that a house divided against itself, will not stand the test of time. America is at that crossroads as to whether it will continue its godless behavior or whether it will nobly take up its proper mantle, of being that last best hope of mankind. Presently, America's course is set, and that course of hubris, will end in utter disaster and thereby the destruction of that which failed to live up to its sacred and honorable purpose of its heretofore promising founding.