Well said, Helen. I don't think there's a country in the western world which doesn't feel some level of debt to America. If all the citizens of those countries appear not to be too grateful, and I'd be the first to admit that the French are not exactly Yankeephiles, watch what the governments actually do rather than what the press says and shows.

And you're also correct, NYC is a "world city" rather than a purely American one. If the US really needed direct help, it would be forthcoming. I believe that foreign SAR teams were busy in NYC during the first couple of days after the attacks, weren't they? But by and large, the US has sufficient resources to be able to look after itself.

Mr Sinclair had clearly had a couple of wines too many when he came up with his editorial!


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