> very large stick (the military) affords its citizens all sorts of benefits That large stick to me seems to rather hit Americans traveling abroad, in that the

> very large stick (the military) affords its citizens all sorts of benefits That large stick to me seems to rather hit Americans traveling abroad, in that the US military unfortunately a bit has given ( people from the US ) a bad rep at some places? when instead I, from western/northern Europe, is welcomed wherever I go (it seems this far)