Founding Father's made some mistakes.

Dear Editor,
It would be hard to demonstrate as much ignorance and confusion about our nation’s form of government, American liberal opinion and U.S. history as Ian de Sliva did in his “The Founding Fathers” the day before Independence Day. It’s odd that the Washington Times would allow someone with only a “side interest in history and politics” to appear on its esteemed opinion page so close to the most honored day of our nation’s existence.
First of all, our Founding Fathers didn’t give us “the world’s greatest democracy”. They created for us a federation where democracy (the tyranny of the majority) was conceptually prohibited majority abuse of minorities. Our federal “system” is not “universally attractive”. Many leaders in despot, dictatorial and religion dominated nations that our government has often supported (Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Haiti, Saudi Arabia, Israel…) violently resist any regime change that would insist on protection of basic inalienable human rights – something that is universally attractive. Unfortuantely, the majority of our own citizens and policy makers reject the application of our federal system universally. It’s a legal shame that our nation still hold “national sovereignty” as the supreme authority of the world, allowing any nation to abuse it’s own majority or minority population at any time and by any means. And we may even supply the means.
Second, liberals don’t “claim that all cultures are equal”. Most of us understand that all cultures are equally flawed. Our Founding Fathers legalized slavery. It wasn’t until the turn of the last century that half our citizens (women) were allowed to vote. Over half of all U.S. marriages, the bedrock institution of any culture, ends in divorce. And, loving minority couples of the same sex are still legally denied this fundamental human right of a legal union. Our ‘anything goes’ financial culture brought the world into recession that may yet impoverish a whole generation of Americans. And, within 50 years, if current trends and the US political cultures continue, China and India will both surpass our nation in wealth, scientists and engineers, and most U.S. elderly will have to fend for themselves. Our only salvation is accepting and generously inviting “multiculturalism” including “brown” and ignorant people like de Silva, into our great nation.
Contrary to de Sliva’s Historical claim, great democracy’s have flourished and perished in the past. Many with longer lives and greater accomplishments than ours. The Persians invented math and science – the foundation of our culture’s scientific accomplishments. Great democracies existed and flourished even before the Roman empire.
Mr. de Silva’s believes in the “superiority of Western civilization”. A famous “western leader” Adolph Hitler also had a similar thought. In that light…a western journalist once asked Mahatma Gandhi what he thought of “Western Civilization”. Gandhi responded “I think that would be a good idea”. I think it would be a good idea if the Washington Times limited its commentary page to comments with at least a basic grasp of the facts. The immigrant Ian de Silva still has a lot to learn about this great and powerful nation he has chose as his new home.