And thank God for that, Ebbie! ;-)

There's another contrast. Our prime minister is not seen as the kind of enormous, god-like, Great White Father presence leading the nation...the way Americans seem to see their president.

Nope. ;-) We see our national leaders in much more modest terms. He's just another danged politician, that's all. He's like a mayor or a governor. You know he's just temporary, just another guy in a suit, nothing to get too frantic over. Your presidents seem to become gigantic surrogate father figures for the whole nation, and I find that, frankly, quite odd. It smacks of the same kind of emperor status given to leaders like Stalin, Mao, Hitler, Napoleon, Caesar....and that goes with being the world's big boy, doesn't it?

The sound of marching legions can always be heard echoing behind the American flag.

We have NEVER had anyone elected prime minister on the basis of his war combat record. We've never had anyone campaign on that basis either. It wouldn't be considered to have any relevance to him holding a civilian political office, because that's a completely different role in life from being a soldier.

Again, it starkly demonstrates the significant psychological differences between our countries.