You may not see it but the rest of the world sees us as a bunch of self centered clowns with too much power and ego and not enough humility and team spirit. Obama may have changed that a little. I certainly hope so.
If he can do that then I say go for the gold, Barrack.
By the by, my knowledge of what the rest of the world sees in us is founded on a spread of contacts similar to those many of you Mudcatters have. The difference is that my spread of contacts is family who are not averse to sharing and showing their opinions. The countries I am speaking of are England and Japan, with a few friends from Taiwan, and the islands of the Pacific. And my daughter's friend from Ethiopia. The universal opinion of the USA is that we have more money than brains. We are like the proverbial bull in the world's china shop.