The United States and the Philippines are the only two countries on Earth which have a pledge to a flag. Ours includes mention of an all-powerful monkey that lives in the clouds, plus an extra big gooey glob of implied xenophobia just for good measure.
This pledge does not make us a better people, it makes us decidedly weird. We could do SO much better. Thus, this.
For all you non-history buffs, the "under god" part of the pledge was added in 1954 while the U.S. was beside itself about imaginary communist incursion of the U.S. government. So it's not like Jesus wrote it on a fig leaf, just for us.
Happy holiday, everyone. Now go blow yourself up like a good American.