[RitaOK]

To your point also is that obama talked down American exceptionalism long before Putin latched onto obama’s flip flop of the term.

Recall that he said every country thinks its special, in its own eyes, chastising America, something to that effect, and wasn’t it in Germany, or on foreign soil where it was said?

Putin probably has more respect for the USA than obama. Together they are a real ideological danger.

[Liz]

Thanks for the input---great contribution to the thread.

BTW, when will we ever hear Obama say something like this?

"......when we ask for the Lord's blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal," Putin said.......