[lukevanoort]

I'm Canadian. I'm American. I happen to be a dual citizen. So, I can see it from both sides. And, remember that saying that goes something like "A truly smart person realizes how stupid they are." No country is the "best," but the States has some advantages, some disadvantages, so does Canada, so do other countries. I prefer Canada, but I don't walk up to people and say "Canada's the best country in the world," I might say "Canada is so much cleaner than the States." Likewise Canada's unemployment rate is higher than the States'. So, even if I am technically American too, it offends me to hear this, because it has to be one of the most arrogant things to say, and is in particularly poor taste in an international situation, why do you think the "arrogant American" stereotype came from? Why does the guy need to even say this? He could talk about international cooperation, global markets, education, and it would have been just as applicable to the multinational audience.