Indeed, entrenched and tenured liberals in our public school system are primarily responsible - directly or indirectly - for the "blame America first" default assumption, as well as a rather pathetic education imparted to a great deal of young Americans. This is why I have long been in favor of a complete destruction of the public school system, and a rebuilding of the system from ground up - minus the National Education System of course. Almost anything would be better than the rather pathetic public education system that exists today, and has scandalously failed to transmit the most basic - and necessary - information to a generation that most needs that information to place in perspective America's role in the world, both past and present.