You say all that as if I have a positive opinion of my country.

I live here. I know the problems. I'm very critical of them. In fact, the things that get discussed here don't even make it to Europe.

I live in a very violent city. I am a minority. I see minority crime. I know people who have been shot.

My point is that you all see us as unreliable, but fail to talk about the way this applies to western Europe as well.

I didn't say I was an expert.

You judge the US based on politics? Ok, I judge Europe based on politics. Your media lies to you regularly about the US and if the US is so bad, why did Europe obsess over it for so long?