No, for a multitude of reasons.
First off, there are a number of Europeans who think as you do, and a number of Americans who think as you say Europeans do. And it seems that the majority of Europeans actually CARE about politics, while Americans have a tendency to think it's too hard to understand. It's why Paris Hilton's every move is news.
Second, the so-called Patriot Act removes privacy similar to how eyes and ears all over Britain remove it there. A large number of American's don't even know the National Anthem, or where the Declaration of Independence was signed.
Third, the land that we subjugated was already taken and had been well used by Native Americans for thousands of years prior to the creation of the United States. And Asia is larger than North America in both population and land area.
OK TOG - let's take a look at your rebuttal:-
1. First -How do I think? How do I say Europeans think? I do not accept your presumption about the majority of Europeans, and Paris Hilton is just as prominent, perhaps more, on this side of the Atlantic.
2. Secondly , I do not understand your privacy comments in this context, I did not mention such, we are considering a long gone era. Do you seriously believe that Europeans are better versed? The points I did mention were simply a list of atributes that tend to make USA liked or disliked by others. It refers to general attitudes and characteristics, not politics.
3. The point you make, for good or ill, was part of the overall challenge. We are talking significance re. the modern American persona.
And thanks for the geography lesson, but I would point out that I particularly said
across the width of the world's largest continent. I did not specify USA simply because sensitivities of the timing of the event.
And regarding populations, we are referring to a wilderness at that time, an important pillar of the equation.
From what you present, it seems to me that your points would seem to support my view of the significance of the event upon the persona of modern America, rather that rebut it.
