American resurgence? An American view!

Your trust in America is heartening, but I do hope that if you are correct, and I believe you are, our resurrection will  not be at the expense of our forefathers. I often hoped that the US and UK would forge stronger and more visible ties with respect to trade, human mobility, investment, and academic exchange programs.

These hopes have been seriously compromised by the results of Tony Blair's open immigration policy, on again-off again relations with the EU, and our own immigration problems that are best defined as allowing illegals in while everyone else seeking entry must stand in a queue that extends to outer space.

Personally I would not mind at all if the US were to fall from number one in the rank of nations. My only problem is who would supercede us.

China looms large and looming large is China's problem. Russia, nope, it will kill itself. Europe, which really means Germany, and that would not do, would it? India, not bloody likely with their caste and other social issues that will seemingly never be sorted. Brazil, steeped in crime and wont be  ready for the premier league for eons to come. The UK? Been there, done that, knows better.

We take ourselves too seriously and lack a sense of humor. Our puritan origins plague us with godly intentions in the direction of establishing world peace, extracting bad guys, cultural imperialism, and helping old ladies across streets that they never intended to cross.

We will blindly relieve Muslim women of their burqas without reference to their feeling naked without them. We feel that we have a monopoly on culture even though we don't have one ourselves. OK, jazz may be an exception.

Nor can we understand why nobody likes us. We give to the poor, respond to natural disasters, feed the hungry and support a legion of missionaries around the globe and including Europe.

What more could we possibly do to prove our devotion to the peoples of the world?