BSeed We love Americans for their openness, their good humour, their generosity, their sense of fun, their instinctive optimism, their willingness to talk to anyone about anything, their try anything approach to life, their lack of pomposity or deference. They have given the world momentum, energy, entertainment. It would be a hell of a duller world without them. Even the US Cavalry have, on the odd occasion, managed to turn up at the right place, at the right time.

Any nation that suffers the great misfortune to become a world power will find itself clomping on other people in over-sized boots from time to time and getting yelled at. It's OK, we still love you!

Chris