The USA acts...the Europeans just look on in amazement, and continue to cast stones, simply because they didn't think of it first
Not true when it comes to mobile phones. I've a load of US contacts who just loved coming to Europe when we got digital cellphones twelve years ago that worked across Europe on one number, automatically, with cross-network two-way text messaging. The GSM standard is pure European, and you guys Stateside didn't get near the functionality for between five and seven years!
The USA thinks it acts, and thinks that the rest of the world looks on in amazement, would be more accurate....