What, precisely, does a European-based individual owning a BMW have to do with anything? A Beemer is about as expensive over there as a Chevy is here in the US.

Second, has it ever occured to you that the United Nations is the most pure example of a full small-r republican governing body the world has ever seen? And the only problem with it seems to be that the US and her allies are in a near-permanent minority?

There’s only one thing worse than strawman arguments: easily identifiable strawman arguments.

Lather. Rinse. Research. Repeat.