Hi, Tony -
1) While I admire Vint Cerf greatly (I have an autographed copy of of RFC4838 framed and hanging above my monitor as I compose this mail), his role in the creation of TCP/IP has been somewhat mythologized, in no small part due to the fact that he managed to outlive so many of his collaborators.
2) The fallacy in your line of argument is in overlooking the passing of time. TCP/IP was created in a polarized (Cold War) world. In a (comparatively) globalized world such as we inhabit today, do you _really_ believe TCP/IP would have been adopted as a global standard without a plurality of multinational leadership? I doubt it. Times, my friend, have changed, and profit we may by noting the fact.
