I see your hung up on words. Im sorry your retarded like that. Hows this for clarification, the US while a country bears many similarities to the EU. Its states also have many laws that make them nearly as individualistic as the countries inside the EU which was my point. If you still have doubts i could start comparing the legal powers that the governing bodies of the average European country and the average American State wield if you still feel like arguing.
Try a response other then "But its country, not same thing!"
I wasn't arguing anything about how autonomous the individual states are to the degree that they are "almost" a country. I correctly pointed out how the USA is in fact a country despite your rabid protestations it wasn't. I'm sorry you're retarded like that.