The United States of America is the greatest country in the world.

First off, let me take the time to thank you for your arguments thus far. 1) Diversity: You claim America is the most diverse country in the world. You have no evidence, so your claim is not true. You don't cite which European countries have a longer citizen application period than the US. Interesting fact to become a citizen of the US you must have lived here for at least 5 years. America is not an accepting country, look at us historically. We didn't accept blacks as part of our society until after the civil rights movement. We didn't accept women as a part of our society until after the women's' rights movement. Note that both of these movements happened after they'd already happened in Europe. Today we shun Middle Eastern people simply because they're from the Middle East. You may say that that's because all terrorists are Middle Eastern, but that's simply not true. An extremely small percentage of people from the Middle East are terrorists. And before 9/11 there was no significant terror attack on the US by a citizen from the Middle East. In fact the worst terror attack in our history before 9/11 was committed by an American, does that mean we should start discriminating against ourselves? 2) The UN/Charity: You're right in saying that the US CLAIMS to finance 22% of the UN budget, however this is only because of the assessment the UN has done on the US. ANd if you've read the article you've cited you may have noticed that the US has refused to pay the UN for several years. To date the US owes over $1 billion to the UN. I notice that you concede the fact that the US consistently ignores the UN, and the fact that the US government does not donate more money to charitable organizations than any other country. 3) 50 states?: You assert once again that the 50 states the US is made up of makes the US great. I still don't see the relevance of this. Yes, we have 50 states. Yes each of these states has a government and each state operates under the federal government. Those are facts, not reasons that the US is great. You could say something like "The US has a population of 330 million people", which is a fact, but not something that makes the US great. 4) The Economy: You concede that America doesn't have the best economy in the world. 5) Miscellaneous: You said: "For instance, when you call somebody, you are the greatest in your class, in your family and so on." I'm not entirely sure what you mean by that. Could you elaborate? "America is the only superpower remaining and you know. we had USSR and what happened to them???? America still remain united and strong." Untrue, look at China, they're clearly a superpower, they have a larger population than the US, more manufacturing power than the US, a larger military than the US and a better economy. America is hardly united. In the aftermath of 9/11 we were a united nation. A famous quote at the time was "We're not democrats or republicans, we're Americans". The sentiment doesn't hold true today. America has split down the middle with conservatives on one side, and liberals on the other. The citizens of this country don't agree with each other, and in some cases they outright despise each other. America is not the most developed country in the world. Look at places like Japan, which are much more technologically advanced than us. One way to measure development is the Human Development Index, currently Norway has the highest HDI score. Since 1980 when the index was first started, the US has never had the highest HDI score. Another way to measure development is the Quality of Life Index, which measures the quality of life in countries. Currently the US is number 13 on the list. (If we're using wikipedia as a reference: http://en.wikipedia.org...) while people were in war in 1944, check out what america was doing. check out how you made it from 13states to 50 states... and now the European countries thinking of the same thing and even African and Asian countries too. Think about why the whole world is using your money for business? when the dollar goes down, people all over the world are affected because businesses are made in that currency." "check from the time you guys discovered democracy" Americans did not discover democracy. Democracy was an idea that had existed in Europe long before it was implemented in the US. "while people were in war in 1944, check out what america was doing." Ah, but what about before 1944. The US didn't intercede on the Allies behalf until provoked by Japan in 1941. While Hitler was marching through Germany the US stood complacently by, and only acted because we couldn't ignore military attacks. "Think about why the whole world is using your money for business? when the dollar goes down, people all over the world are affected because businesses are made in that currency." The US dollar is not the standard currency used around the globe. The Euro is used in more countries than the dollar is. The Euro is the currency that OPEC bases it's oil prices on. The Euro is worth more than the dollar. In fact many currencies are now worth more than the dollar. Take the Canadian dollar for example. For years the Canadian dollar has been lower than the US dollar, but today it's worth more. Also you've conceded 4 of my points which were: 3) America does not have the largest, or the best military in the world. 4) America's education system is not the best in the world. 5) America's health care system is not the best in the world. 6) America's government is not the best in the world. And I'll add another to the list, American citizens are not the freest in the world. Nice debate so far, looking forward to your next argument.