I see the smilies but I think you really believe the propaganda. Websters says "premiere" means "first in position, rank, or importance" and I'd buy that "in the USA" but no way that's true for "in the world" just like the baseball "world series" has nothing to do with "the world".
The US lost it's dominance in IPSC a long time ago. Get over it. A French kid has been Open world champ for 10 years, the last 3 Open ladies world champs have been two Filipinas and a German, the Modified word champ is Filipino and the Production world champ is a Czech. The US rules Standard and Revolver but I wonder for how much longer?
I love America and Americans but BS is BS!