You know, I read that statement (I never had 
heard the original speech - although the comment 
about the draft dodgers tipped me off that it 
came from some*time* else) and my first thought 
was: "Yeah, but other countries help each other 
out too." My point being that the whole world - 
today more than ever - is coming closer together 
and trying (with varying degrees of success) to 
work towards a goal of happiness for everyone. 
More and more we are all helping each other and, 
I think, learning that (in the ways it really 
counts) we usually have a lot more in common than 
we have in difference.

I have nothing against people being proud of the 
countries in which they live. I have an American 
flag hanging on my porch right outside my door 
and I do not intend to take it down. But when the 
way you display your nationalism is to put DOWN 
other countries. . . That should be a big 
indicator that something isn't right. . .

Well, I'm not very good with words at all. I'm 
worse with politics. I relate better on a people 
level. . . On the level of meeting someone else 
and realizing "hey! this person is a great 
person. they have something interesting to say 
and contribute" Because at the base of it, a 
country is not made by the handful of it's people 
who serve as it's leaders. (I don't trust 
politicians from ANY country, anyway - not even 
my OWN! ~_~) A country is made by everyone *else* 
in the country.

However, in hopes it makes you laugh, Yann. . . I 
don't know what you think of when you think of 
America, but when I think of Switzerland, I think 
of absolutely nothing political at all. I think 
of. . . C H O C O L A T E. **^_^**  Blame my dad, 
it's what was always brought back to me after his 
business trips there. =^_^=;;

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac