Too true. Americans who haven't travelled overseas and interacted with the locals probably don't know how far American culture reaches. I was amused to see Looney Tunes t-shirts and Chicago Bulls baseball caps being worn in the Souk Al-Hamidiyah in Damascus, Syria and Mickey Mouse t-shirts in Wadi Musa, Jordan. The ultimate American icon is Coca-Cola which I had no problem finding in every country I've ever been to and I brought back with me Coke bottles labelled in Arabic, Hebrew, and Spanish.As the US popular culture goes, so goes our allies, and even our enemies. As someone who has lived and traveled overseas I will say do not underestimate our culture and influence on the world.