Back in the JFK days most Europeans envied American life...then the Leftists ruined Europe and set out on a campaign of Mocking the US and emphasizing every bad news story and statistic to make the USA look bad so everybody there would be distracted from how bad their countries have gotten...seriously the smallest village in Scotland knows about a minor shooting here before I do...they must think bullets are whizzing over everybody's heads all the time..And then we are all stupid and fat of course
Back in the JFK days most Europeans envied American life...then the Leftists ruined Europe and set out on a campaign of Mocking the US and emphasizing every bad news story and statistic to make the USA look bad so everybody there would be distracted from how bad their countries have gotten...seriously the smallest village in Scotland knows about a minor shooting here before I do...they must think bullets are whizzing over everybody's heads all the time..And then we are all stupid and fat of course
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse_and_naval_vessel_urban_legend
Stuff like this.
Deliberately released from office of the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations.
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell using it as a joke in a 2008 speech
I blame George Bush Jr. for making America the actual laughing stock for a few years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ux3DKxxFoM&t=4s