>>>You are living in a dream world if you think Europeans are jealous of us. Why don't you run that one by your daughter? I am not putting the U.S. down but we aren't going to get anywhere rehabilitating our world image if we hang onto delusions such as being a shining example to the rest of the world. Most of the rest of the world views us as anything but.
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>>Well, just call me a dreamer then. I do think the rest of the world is jealous of this grand experiment we call the U.S. of A. And, I don't blame them. I would rather live here than any other country. I like to visit the other countries, see the sights, taste the food, experience the people, and their differences, but I only want to live in one country - here. I would hope most people would love their country, but the facts are most don't. There are a handful of countries in the world where people risk their lives to live there. I grow more grateful for this country, day by day.
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>John, you do not have the market cornered on love for one's country. I would rather live here than anywhere else, too. I just prefer the real version to the Disney version with all the blemishes airbrushed out.

I don't use airbrushes. I've lived in the mean streets. There are dangerous places here. Even so, I'd pick our country over any other 10 out of 9 times.

I just get tired of people who live in countries that are about the size of Arkansas trying to tell us how to be the leaders of the world. Constructive criticism is good, but this tripe of you should do it like we do, is nothing more than fodder. If we wanted to be an irrelavent, third world country, we would do it like they do. We are the leaders of the world, and we are the most compassionate country ever to exist. Name another country that will save the citizens of another country from a murdering madman like Hitler, Saddam, etc. and not take the country over? There's us and maybe the UK. What would Russia do? What would China do? Yep, they would eat the people! We rebuild their nations and help them become good neighbors. At least, we try.