I didn't address the point at all; you were discussing it with someone else, not me. But since you brought it up I'll give you my take: Nowhere in the history of the world has both the concept and practice of individualism been more prominent than in the United States of America, and that's precisely why we're the greatest country (producing the greatest individuals) that ever was.
You stepped into this discussion, therefore I concluded that you challenged my point about "American men".
While I don´t argue with you that America has promoted individualism like no other country before, and that it has brought many great inventors, sportsmen, politicians, I can´t say that there haven´t been equally great and even better people in other nations. For me, no nation can claim it´s the "greatest on earth" because being great, good, the best, etc is an attribute for the individual. Saying that America is the greatest country means that every American takes pride in it, even though he/she has contributed NOTHING for the fame of the individuals. One can say that America is a great country, but I would never accept the claim that there is such thing like a "greatest country". You got it?