Being Forced To Finally Play Fair

THE LITTLE LEAGUE World Series takes place every year, in the United States, and every year an American team is in the finals, and plays against a team from another country. That's the formula, one American team, and one non American team, after fighting their way through the tournament, meet for the championship. This is a really strange, yet somehow very American, way to organize it. In the first place, its a "world" event, according to its name. But, its always played entirely in the U.S.A..And anyway, why should an American team always be guaranteed a place in the championship round? Why not have all the teams participate against each other on a more equatable basis? Maybe that's indicative of why so many countries hate America; the way we do things. In essence, in anything in which the United States participates, the United States tends to insist that it control. The United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary fund, you name it, the United States of Corporate America controls it. But this may be changing. Global economic power, as well as global military power, seems to be shifting, away from the western hemisphere and to Asia, and, as often as not, some team from Japan, Taiwan, or Korea wins the Little League World Series, notwithstanding the great advantage held by the Americans in setting up the event to favor American teams. Maybe there will come a time when America actually NEEDS a head start; but by the time that happens, it will be forced to finally play fair, for once.