Cute but lacking true wit, Phil. Most of it made no sense at all. What is it you wished to be called? I like 'Amerats', myself.

The Fraser Institute is a right wing think tank and a bunch of bean counters. I don't think we're talking about private contributions to charities, anyway. I think we're talking about American foreign policy, in general. I got caught up in some thread drift.

When I say that Americans, in general, are well known for their selfishness and their penchant for breaking the rules, I think we can all come up with some good examples. Petr and other Mudcatters named a few. Free trade is a very good example of making rules and then breaking them. Torture of prisoners is another. You need only to look at the way the government ignores its own citizenry for examples of selfishness. Sorry Phil, America may have the biggest guns but that doesn't entitle you to use the title, "American" and ignore your neighbors. You really aren't that precious, anymore.