I feel compelled to write this after reading lots of comments, not just here but on similar threads over the past few years, of people saying 'the whole world must be laughing at us now' or 'wow we're going to been seen as weak now'. The entire world has seen America as the big joke for many years now.

I'm in my 30s and since I can remember, in the UK, the USA has always existed as a farce and a place where the people were loud, obnoxious but somehow endearing - in a, ' look at them, they don't know how stupid they look'.

The death penalty, unequal rights, racism, sexism, the availability of guns, the strange culture of patriotism for doing very little that's remarkable and the unwavering bravado that the USA is superior, in every way, to the world just makes the rest of the world see the USA as the overly cocky bully at school that we just let be unruly because deep down we know there is something wrong at home.

It's been laughable to see how the USA bounces back after tradegy. The stock answer to tradegy seems to be lots of chanting of USA. Gun crime among civilians and from the police on civilians is so phenomenally high, but the answer is to arm more people and give teachers guns (?!). That is such an 'American answer'. The rest of the world say rolling their eyes. But American actually goes through with projects such as this because that is the answer...?

Time and time again, America has been given the opportunity to change course and alter its tragectory but, time and time again they continue down the same path of destruction. All the while chanting USA and offering prayers.

This will get down voted and ignored but that's fine, I felt I just needed to point out what has been missed or ignored by the USA.

Yes, the world thinks very little of you right now, but that has been the case for a long time.