I visited Amerika, and all I got was this lousy zot.

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6857387/site/newsweek/ ^ | Andrew Moravcsik

[Manservant]

The U.S. Model: For years, much of the world did aspire to the American way of life. But today countries are finding more appealing systems in their own backyards.

Not long ago, the American dream was a global fantasy. Not only Americans saw themselves as a beacon unto nations. So did much of the rest of the world. East Europeans tuned into Radio Free Europe. Chinese students erected a replica of the Statue of Liberty in Tiananmen Square.

[zip]

a majority of people in other countries

I'll buy that. I read it as "a majority of Americans" were for gun control.

[Republican Wildcat]

I didn't have cause to doubt you - I was just being facetious.