99com007a, Let me start with excluding "so called" and actually insisting on "super power." And my answer is, NO, one can not, unless one tries to label it as a country/place that sucks. I was not implying that one should compare US with his/her country, but IF one thinks this country sucks, then DO it (compare). Perhaps then we might realize whether US sucks or not. Like someone said, US might not be the PERFECT (democratic) country, but find me a better one. I am certain WE who actually come from one of the worst managed country will have no shortage of (shortlisting) other countries which we think are better than US. After all it is our RIGHT to ridicule the one better than ours. Enough said. If we can not be the best, at least we should be able to admire the best or perhaps close to the best. IndisGuise:)