[Vigilanteman]

They’ve long perceived that their job is to explain other nations to the U.S., rather than explain the U.S. to other nations.

George Schultz, Reagan's Secretary of State, was one of the few exceptions to this rule.

New recruits were asked to report to the chief for a brief exchange before they reported to their first foreign posting. Schultz had a globe on his desk and asked them to point to the country which they would be representing. Inevitably, the new recruit would point to their assigned post.

Schultz would rise from his desk, stick his finger on the United States and shout "No! Dammit! That is where you will be posted! This is the country you will be representing! Don't you ever forget it!"

[nuconvert]

Is that really a true story about Schultz?

[NFHale]

“..Schultz would rise from his desk, stick his finger on the United States and shout “No! Dammit! That is where you will be posted! This is the country you will be representing! Don’t you ever forget it!”...”

Ahh, for the good old days, when AMERICANS ran things around here...instead of the POS we have now.