re: When exactly was "America, at one time, a great nation"?
Have you figured out the relationship between Tibet and China yet?
And I believe America was a greater nation before the "Patriot Act", before it perpetrated aggression upon a third-world country which was not threatening the US, before Guantanamo,
The obvious things for a liberal. A little tough for a conservative to see, as you seem to excuse every form of brutality to the point of worship.
But, tell me about China and Tibet. You were the one who brought them up.