Problem with the Americans McGrath, and I speak as one, is that they don't perceive themselves as the empire. Honest to god, I think if you asked most Americans if we were an empire like the British empire that founded our nation, they would say absolutely not. They don't see us as the Big Bad Imperial Yankee Might.

Now, please note, I am not suggesting that Americans, by and large, are consciously this blissfully ignorant of the facts. I am stating unequivocally that they are!