Unsurprisingly, non-Americans take exception to American exceptionalism.<p>America is literally pulling a, "We're better than you so we can violate any of your laws - including <i>our own</i> - and then murder, torture & kidnap. We are sovereign over the entire world."<p>Few non-Americans think that's a swell idea, so it will only last as long as American power lasts.<p>If you agree with Chomsky or not or if you think American power will last or not, you at least have to be able to concede that <i>everybody else</i> in the world has a valid gripe about the benevolent bully who really likes his big stick. Chomsky is just an American who noticed that...