American exceptionalism ? While the rest of the world is catching up in some areas we have lead the world in innovation for 100 + years. We kick ass in sports business and education . The rest of the world comes here to learn to be doctors , computer engineers etc then go home to expand our exceptionalism to their cultures. If you don't see this you have not seen the world. When we see 1000's of Americans moving Russia and poaching fish and game like the Russians do here Putin will have a point . He owned Obama and Kerry on Syria but that is not much of an accomplishment . The score is still Russia 1 the US a million over the last 100 years. American media and entertainment has made it hip to bad mouth the country lately. It's easy to run it down hard to make it right again. Putin may have made some valid points but he 100% does not have your interest in mind in doing so . Only a fool would embrace his words in any fashion. Obama is 100 % at fault here not America.