In 1935 Carl Friedrich, an immigrant from Germany wrote, "To be an American citizen is and ideal, while to be a Frenchman is a fact." Friedrich points out that, in most of the world, citizenship is based on race or ethnicity. Which means that if you are not the appropriate race or ethnic group, you may not be able to become a citizen even if you were born and have lived in the country your whole life.
Socialism had been the major competitor of liberal ideology for most of the twentieth century. It is a philosophy that supports government ownership and operation of the means of production as well as government determination of the level of social and economical benefits tat people receive.
In the U.S. ethnic diversity is relatively greater than in any other countries, surprisingly numerous foreign observers have noted that a philosophical consensus in America that is much stronger that in the other countries.
The most striking was Americans differ from others is hey strike between individual responsibility on one hand and collective especially governmental responsibility on the other. One of the most interesting features of American belief in the individual achievement and responsibility is that it is not closely related to the actual social and economic circumstances in which Americans find themselves.
At one time there was no greater disparity between liberty and equality. Liberty and equality were thought to be mutually reinforcing free, hardworking people would achieve economic success and an independent, economically secure middle-class would safeguard society and government from extremist threats to liberty.
August 2, 1990 after months of wrangling about oil, territorial boundaries, and war debts .
Iraqi troops went to Kuwait and subjugated the small state. Suddam Hussein, Iraq's President, threatened the stability of Israel and the entire Middle East, if not the world. After this President Bush reacted without any hesitation, and on January 16 the air war began.
