It’s awesome to hear people from another country admire the US

We often hear Americans tell one another how great america is. Although nice, it’s kind of what’s expected and kind of cliche about the things we hear....”freedom, opportunity, great military”.

I’m traveling in Danang, VN. The USS Carl Vinson was visiting for a few days. The Vietnamese locals would come and watch the super carrier in awe. They knew more about the ship than I did...the dimensions, men on board, that it was nuclear powered, bin laden body was dropped into the sea.

The part that remember most was two elder men talking about how the US is capable to create, built, and do anything. I can hear the respect from their voices. They went on to say that the Chinese tried to copy the US with regards to the supercarrier but they ended up building an inferior ship. They added that without US creativity and innovation, China wouldn’t be able to do shite. They were happy with the US presence to stablilize the region in the South China Sea because the Chinese are trying to be a Bully and own the territory. Man, they really hate the Chinese.

Also, sailors from the ship visited a shelter with victims of Agent Orange. That was nice of them. US is about to spend 500 mil on a 10 year project that will clean the soil of Agent Orange.