The mods changed this to a vanity topic shortly after it was posted, as it was unsourced. We then moved it to the bloggers forum where anyone's personal opinions are welcome as long as they meet the posting guidelines.
FR has always been about picking apart articles in a search for the truth. Seems to me that's what is going on here
I'll now dismount my high horse and try to find a source article on this. For, if the USA is getting dissed for not coming running to pull the fat out of the fire...well, it starts with the letter F