According to State Department lore (meaning the story may be true), when George Shultz was secretary, he would greet new U.S. ambassadors in his office, take them over to a large globe, and ask them, “Which is your country?” They would invariably point to the country where they were to serve as ambassador. And Shultz would invariably correct them, pointing on the globe to the United States and saying, “This is your country, and don’t forget it.” Sadly, many of the best people in
