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Originally Posted by Gary Siete
If the US Constitution and Bill of Rights are the greatest creations by mankind then why did Bush let Iraq spend so long writing their own when he had a perfectly good one they could use?
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Better question: If America's form of government (republican form) is not perfect but the best, why hasn't any other nation adopted it?
GOVERNMENT (Republican Form of Government)- One in which the powers of sovereignty are vested in the people and are exercised by the people, either directly, or through representatives chosen by the people, to whom those powers are specially delegated.
- - - Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition, P. 695
Apparently the only nation whose people are sovereign, is the United States of America.
Everywhere else, the people are subjects of their government.
SUBJECT - One that owes allegiance to a sovereign and is governed by his laws. ...Men in free governments are subjects as well as citizens; as citizens they enjoy rights and franchises; as subjects they are bound to obey the laws. The term is little used, in this sense, in countries enjoying a republican form of government.
- - - Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition, p. 1425