Non-US Links for a US Targeted Site?

[textex]

While link campaigning, is getting links from non-US sites pointless if we are not targeting non-US markets? More specific, is the link juice received from non-US sites impact our rankings on google.com? i.e. if we pick-up a link from a co.uk site that ranks well on google.co.uk but not google.com pass any value to us looking to rank well on google.com?

[aristotle]

If you are targeting the U.S., then it is probably best to get a large majority of its backlinks from U.S. based sites. But a few links from non-U.S. sites probably wouldn't do any harm, and could even help a little, since they would make the overall backlink profile look more natural. In my opinion the most important criterion for any particular backlink is that it come from a page with relevant content.

[LifeinAsia]

People seem to forget that many expats/immigrants from country A living in country B often still go to sites in country A.

You many now want to spend a lot of time/effort targeting non-US sites, but like aristotle said, it's doubtful that it would hurt you.

[textex]

Makes sense. Thanks guys!