I certainly can take a joke. Usually they are preceded or follow by a notation as such. Your post had no such indication, therefore my inability to read your mind and its subsequent response to your post seemed right on. There is just way too much US bashing in the net these days and I am persoanlly sick of the "bash us to be cool crowd" Anyway...haha....now i get it... Thanks for your service.
it's all good. my bad, i should have put [sarcasm on]...