[Grizzled Bear]

It's my right, as a U.S. Citizen, to stomp around The Antarctic in a speedo without experiencing frost bite.

[americanophile]

Reductio ad absurdum may make for a fun post, but it bears little resemblance to the argument I've made about how a nation protects the rights of its citizens abroad. Either American citizens are respected in the world, with the ability to travel, trade, etc., or they and their interests are targets...it's really a simple choice, and it's one of the pinciple missions of the Department of State.