But unlike European countries, America has never finished a map of the United States, only the eastern United States is covered and a few spots here and there.

Toward the middle and end of the Fifties, West European countries became somewhat more important as providers of aid to underdeveloped countries. It was partly due to the prodding of the United States that these countries, as they regained economic viability, should shoulder their share of the aid burden.

Most of the European countries take Kyoto seriously. Europeans take their environmental stewardship more seriously than those in the United States.

There are a lot of countries, oil-producing countries, that aren't very democratic, but supported by the United States. That's odd.

The countries of the American continent and the adjacent islands are for the United States the natural marts of supply and demand.

It's alarming that military intervention in internal conflicts in foreign countries has become commonplace for the United States.