Antelop, I am not sure if you are a ABCD or or a native?Yes ,there are explosions,there are shootings,there are rapes and all kinds of crap,there is very high divorce,there is very high adultery,and drug usage,They also do not want other countries to progress and use their power to twist global laws. in US-you have caucus,no gun control,and many other things,they are the only country to have used nukes,have a defence manufacturing which drives the economy and needs to go to war every few years(see last 50 years aka cuba,korea,afghanistan,vietnam ,mogadishu,kosovo..) I like America for all its goodness,I also like world peace.Dont preach American democracy which is not ruled by democrats but republicans,and allows a winner to lose (al Gore,it happens only in US)