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Ok, now you're asking for it.
How many world wars was america late for? I count....2.
Take charge is not what america does. That implies that there isn't someone already in charge. The UN did not approve of invading iraq. Face it. People generally view americans as loud mouthed arrogant buggers. Face it. Yankie-land is not the be-all and end-all of societies. Face it. If you really want to go further with that, your country was founded by war - mine by a democratic vote. Does that mean your country is better than mine? No! Does it mean mine is better than yours? No!
Everybody does _not_ look to the u.s.a, it does not police the world, it tries to dominate it.
And if your point happens to be that the yank government only likes to intervene to force its views upon the rest of the world, your bloody well right I proved it!

------ I'll leave above, but apologise for it. Getting worked up, that's all, I shouldn't have, and apologise to everybody on bot-united about it, especially the founders. I would like to say that I don't view the above about individual people, but I do have my views about governments as an institution, and if anyone is offended by any slang (most notably "yank"), it's not meant to be used in an offensive manner, simply the way I talk.