Surprisingly, it was the British Samantha who supported Lewis by saying, “Americans aren’t any one tribe, they are a collection of them, of ‘states’ as diverse as yours, I suspect. They don’t all like each other either,” she added ironically, “but the ideals of America unite them for their common defense and prosperity in spite of their differences”—she actually chuckled—“and make them so irritating to their adversaries.”
