Hamzah: Wa'alaikum as'salam brother and peace be upon you too; yes, my elder brother has lived there his whole adult life and loves the US and its positives the way you have pointed out...i too visit yearly and have had no issues myself, other than the first two times where they didn't like my name lol..anyways, I think we are both approaching the same thing from two different angles but yes ok I do see and agree with the points you're making...take care and thanks for a reasonable response :-)