Vine Deloria

Vine Deloria made a comment regarding our country's safety and our county's future. She said, "Nobody's ever gonna conquer this country, by God. If we're destroyed, it will be self-destruction." I completely agree with this comment, and overall, it has held true throughout the our country's history. Since we declared our independence from Great Britain over 200 years ago, there have only been 2 major attacks on the United States. The first was the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the second obviously the attacks of 9/11/2001. While both of these attacks took about a combined 5000 lives, and obviously had a huge impact on the country, there was never the slightest bit of suspicion that anyone would conquer us! While lives and property were destroyed, the country was able to recuperate and unite. It says a lot about our country's power, safety, and security that there have only been these two attacks in such a long period of time, and confirms the first half of the quote, saying that no one will ever conquer this country. In my opinion, this country has been negatively affected much more by issues within the country as opposed to an outside attack. Issues like slavery and civil rights have torn this country apart literally by leading by leading to a civil war. Other specific events like the McCarthy communism witch hunt as well as industrialization issues with trusts and monopolies have had a greater negative affect on our country than any physical attack has. I completely agree with the quote by Vine Deloria. If this country is ever going to go down, it will be due to an internal issue, and the united states will self-destruct as opposed to being conquered by another nation.