Can the US be relied upon?

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Wait. Are we on "ping" or "pong". I lost track.

We are on “bong”.

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Regarding whether the US could be relied upon, the question is relied upon for what?

Can the US be relied upon to think more far more highly of itself than can justified by its own desserts? You can absolutely rely upon that till hell freezes over. Even then the frozen US would still think of itself as being the hottest thing since the Big Bang. It would still consider it an open question whether it was in fact hotter than the Big Bang, depending on whether it was an atheist Big Bang or a creationist Big Bang.