Hey Matrix, what I said was basically sarcassm. I don't really believe that the U.S. does or should "rule the world."
It's just that non-Americans, many of whom hate the American Govt, often tend to think that every Amercian Citizen is therefore just as "evil" as they believe our goverment to be. Nothing could be more ignorant or further from the truth. We are a diverse nation of many dissenting opinions.
We may do many bad things, but we have given the world more charity than any other nation in the Earth's history. Period.
We are also responsible for a culture that extends beyond our country and into the minds of almost every single person on the face of the Earth. Video games, Movies, Pop Culture, they all began here. I won't even begin to get into the technology that we have developed, most of which was stolen by, or sold to, Europe and Asia.
Still, I'm being arrogant, and for the most part, that is not my way. My vision of the World includes peacefull unity for all who dwell within it. A brotherhood of nations. Still if you are stupid enough to think that a Nation of 275 Million people are all "evil." Then my message is wasted, and your opinion isn't worth my time. I never laughed at another nations suffering. Why should I tolerate the same?
PS. International politics has nothing to do with the topic of this thread. Sorry