Wow. After nearly eight years of hope, change, and restoring our reputation abroad with both friends and foes, an American author can write an article with this title: "The US is your know-it-all friend who should just keep his mouth shut[.]"
It's like there was no point in electing "citizen of the world" Barack Obama as our president, who said he would inspire the world to join us in building a better planet, or something.