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Showing Original Post only (View all)The United States is the most hated country in the world. [View all]
<>The United States is the most hated country in the world, followed closely by Israel, and then by nobody. Why? Why not Ecuador? China? Russia? East Timor? The hostility puzzles many Americans, who genuinely believe their country to be a force for good, a pillar of democracy, a defender of human rights.
<>If you have lived abroad, as so very few Americans have, the explanation for the hatred is obvious: Meddling. Relentless, prideful, uncomprehending meddling, frequently military, often with horrendous death tolls. Americans, adroitly managed by a controlled press, historically illiterate, incurious, decreasingly educated, either have never heard of the American behavior that angers others, or believe it to have been inspired by virtuous motives. Nobody else thinks so. Add to unfamiliarity with the wider world the constantly inculcated assertion that America is the greatest, most wonderful nation ever to exist, a light to the world, a shining city on a hill, and you get a dangerously delusional state. Especially now. In the past, American economic and military supremacy were such that the US didnt have to care what others thought. The times, they are a-changing.
<>Nobody beyond the borders buys our song about spreading freedom and human rights. America has supported countless sordid dictators rulling by army and torture chamber (the Saudis being a current example). We have put many dictators on their thrones, such as Pniochet (That little wooden guy, his nose got long when he told a lie, right?) in Chile. (Isnt that Texmex soup with beans in it?) Others notice that the only country that openly and proudly tortures prisoners is
us.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article34328.htm
"Others notice that the only country that openly and proudly tortures prisoners is
us." That one really burns.
What does this country stand for ...again???
I could go on and on but I will use one example of the surprise many get when they come to this country. I have a friend who came here from Zimbabwe, He and his family of course want to stay here. He is a pastor. One day at church he was saying how nice it was to have all this food on every corner it seems. I responded with the fact that though your stomach is full from that Wopper that your body is being assaulted with salt, fat and sugar and that you would gain 200 pounds and eventually die if you only ate Woppers and drank Pepsi. He responds with ...well that's better than what we've had over there. While that may be some what true it is reflective of the deception that the US projects ...many forms of propaganda "the land of milk and honey". It is a strange thing to say the least that once one comes to this country that they readily and usually willingly assimilated into our culture. My point here is this, that it doesn't take long for people who move here to become like us and ignore what many in other countries think about us. I am sure that my friend did not have access to a lot of truth about the US and its world terrorist like operations like many other countries have and know about. How easy it is for us to ignore what others think about us living our busy lives without the time to be concerned.
One of my fav music videos reflects what the Germans and EU have been assaulted with. Check it out ...it's not vulgar or offensive.
...then there is Green Day with the song American Idiot ...and they are American
...how fitting is that. At least someone here in the US has a grip on reality.
We're ok with torture and war and serfdom as long as we have our Woppers and Pepsi ...no matter what it costs us ...and other countries. I don't wonder why they hate us ...the reasons, all too many, are obvious to me.