If every other country was smarter than the US we wouldn't be the most powerful nation in the west.
So your argument is, and please clarify if otherwise, the US is the most powerful nation in the west because it has the death penalty?
No, there is nothing in my post that implies that in any way, shape or form. You made a sarcastic remark about other countries keeping the death penalty, my point is that America is the most powerful nation in the west because we don't use the nonsensical logic prevalent throughout Europe, which the death penalty is one example of, along with guns, political correctness, etc. It's no surprise that as our culture becomes more like Europe we are slowly losing our status in the world.
