the reason i asked you about english being your first language aside from using patently incorrect expressions like more clearer opening a sentence with hence lack of punctuation or consistent non capitalizing of i as in first person is the consistent misunderstanding we seem to be having about an elementary grammatical absurdity since the theater is still within the us borders the subsequent mentioning of the us should acknowledge that my optimal solution is to change united states to the rest of the united states it is simple elegantly worded and solves the issue eauzencashhaveit i'm all ears