Question for Aaron Sorkin - Then Which Country IS?

HBO has another of its independent series running, Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom, where Jeff Daniels plays a composite of Dan Ra^ther, Chris Matthews and Keith Olberman. Here's an excerpt from the first episode, where Daniel's character drops his pretense of impartiality and says what he (Sorkin) really feels:


Now there are some things he says there that I agree with, but not (I am certain) for the same reasons. The question I am left with though, is if America once was but is no longer the greatest nation on Earth, which one is? And how do you define it?

Just a note: Dan Ra^ther likes the show. (Quelle suprise.)

UPDATE: Sorry Aaron, but the United States is and remains the greatest nation on the face of the Earth, and here's just one reason why.