Universal Human Rights

Universal Human Rights
Should the United States take a more active role in support of universal human rights?
My answer is, “No, we must speak up for what is right, and for the inalienable rights of all, but we are under no implied obligation to support universal human rights, with actions.”
I agree with our Declaration of Independence (http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/index.htm) that :
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

But, as a nation, as a people, we have an obligation to see to it that our rights are protected, that we must guard our own rights. We are people, not children who need protection. We must stand up for our own rights, and for those who might have their rights removed.
And again referencing the Declaration of Independence:
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government.
We, in the United States, must continue to be vocal about what we see as right and as wrong. We have an obligation to speak up for the principles on which our country is built, but each nation must decide what she considers a right worth fighting for.
If we fought for the universal human rights of others, we would be obligating our armed forces indefinitely to fight, not in defense of our borders, or protection of our land. We have an army for a specific defined role, and this is not it. If we were to fight for the universal human rights of others, we would have to prioritize and protect the rights of perhaps our enemies.
So, in conclusion, we must always speak up for the right, and careful use of diplomacy can be used to assure the rights of others, but I believe that we are under no obligation to defend the rights of those who aren’t willing to do this for themselves.