Reply #22: One more question...

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... for your great rant, Nance:

Did you ever think, in your wildest dreams, that Amurka would - could - ever be the most hated and vilified country in the world? And it only took 6 years! Since 2001 gas prices in my country (and most others) have increased by 50%+; international travel (apart from costing loads more) takes almost twice as long due to "security" - in countries that have never had even a hint of terrorism - and financial markets are negatively influenced globally by the US over-reaction to every orange alert that is triggered by a "gut reaction". Women in 3rd world countries with paternalistic cultures now appreciate, I'm sure, their aid funded condoms being replaced by lectures on abstinence their men will never attend.

In 6 short years the US has gone from Global Benefactor going back nearly a hundred years, to a hegemonistic pariah.

* - the rest of the world thanks you. Not.