How one determines the greatest country in the world?
Is it by the amount of wealth it produces?
Is it by how fairly that wealth is shared among its citizens?
Is it by the numbers of inventions discovered by its scientists?
Is it by the longevity of its citizens?
Is it by the number of wars it has won?
Is it by measuring the happiness of its citizens?
Is it by its literacy index?
The suicide index?
The rate of homelessness?
The status of their women?
The might of its army?
The murder rate?
The rate of incarceration?
The number of its citizens that have achieved worldwide fame?
Whose cuisine is most popular in the world?
Whose sport is more popular?
Which country reject more immigrants?
Which country has the largest territory?
Which country has the bigger penis (peninsula)?
Which country has the largest vagina (bay)?
What country has the most pleasing shape, and color in a map?
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Well, imho USA is the greatest country in the world.
I don't think there is need for any argument or debate about it. Even those who doubt it know it to be true in their heart.
USA is the country that folks from world over want to visit experience or immigrate to. That itself is a great testimony to its image, appeal and popularity.
USA is the country whose culture, fashion, music, movies, literature, science, medicine, software, hardware is copied world over. That itself is a great testimony of how the world views it. They say... imitation is the greatest form of flattery.
USA is the 4th greatest force behind the recent revival of Indian economy - #1 is its many universities and technical education, #2 is English language and #3 is economic liberalization and the end of the cold war. However, without the #4 and its related American generosity, openness, acceptance and free trade other three would not have worked. Thus, perhaps the #4 was the most important one.
USA is the country with the greatest degree of the freedom of speech and the greatest courage. Just the degree and intensity with which some talk show hosts like Michael Savage are able to mock, criticize, ridicule and attack Islam is unimaginable in much of the world.
USA is the country with the greatest opportunity of success for the intelligent, hard-working, enterprising, disciplined and organized people.
USA of today has one of the best records of fair and equal treatment.
Today, USA is the heaven on earth and the people born and living in USA are blessed and have a lot to thank for. Of course, USA is also home of some of most hard-working, self-respecting, independent, courageous, brave, creative, generous and honest people in the world. USA is also home of one of the most rigorous higher education system in the world and the prosperity that USA has been blessed with.... is not just an accident but, perhaps, the natural result of the ethics, intelligence and hard-work of the people that have made it home.
I salute USA and I am still an Indian citizen.