Well said.
And that's why the rest of the world either hates us or fears us so much that they befriend us.
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Imagine if (insert country here) had the biggest economy, 80% of the aircraft carriers, whatever % of the scary nuclear subs, whatever % of the nukes, was the only country so far to use nukes, and had military bases - MAJOR bases that encircled the planet.
Yeah, you should probably play nice with them. Stay on their good side.
But you'd be scared of them. And you'd resent them. Especially if they were trillions in debt. Especially if they took over a country that never attacked them (Iraq). Especially if they stuck their nose in every conflict, requested or not.
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The other countries that hate us don't hate us because we have freedom, it's because we're the biggest and strongest with an 85 IQ. Our dominance is so redundant that it doesn't let anyone else in the world even breathe.
I love the U.S., but we're much more often a bloated embarrassment than a shining example.