I agree that the American education system is failing the nation. Even though i am not American i have friends who have came from all over America, mostly from Iowa, but they told me themselves that the education system is a joke. Later in High School they are taught nothing about other countries, or very little. Take this link as an example:
http://ebaumsworld.com/2006/02/invade.htmlnote yes i know its ebaumsworld, BUT it is done by someone else and is just posted on ebaumsworld.
I showed this video to my friends and they said that a lot of people in their class would have responded the same way. This is actually very scary to see.