Well , you ' d be defenseless in many ways as well <| sep |> This looks like no American woodpecker I ' m familiar with . try rwhatsthisbird . <| sep |> These will never get old <| sep |> Are you comparing middleeastern countries and Africa to the USA as a way of saying the myopia of Americans isn ' t unusual ? Those countries are nowhere near as globalised as the USA the most powerful country in the world . I personally think it ' s pretty crazy how little Americans know about the world outside their borders . I ' ve met a lot of Americans travelling , and while they are far from all being guilty of this trait , a significant bunch have a damnable mixture of arrogance and ignorance in equal measure . I find it very disconcerting .