Relay wrote:I have read some essays in swedish newspapers about a growing anti Europeanism in America. How true is that and why do it grew. What do you who live in america think about that? Do it fit with your own image of what Europe is or does it not.
I am from Europe myself and some of my beliefs can be taken as anti american. But is it really anti american to critizise america in a sensible way as i often do?
After World trade center i hoped americans should try to look at themselves and try to find out why they was attacked. ( no attack happen without reason)
I have also critizised the attack against Afghanistan and i have even read it was a success. (if it is a success when the prime objective to find Bin Laden never was fulfilled)
I have read and heard how americans react and that made my respect for the country to decrease.
Please help me to restore that respect by NOT ATTACK ME AS A PERSON.
To look at ourselves in the sense of like, why do they hate us that much? What's the point, buy the ticket take the ride. In the sense of, why are they more desperate than we are and how should we react - absolutely - I mean, we got caught thinking happy thoughts while someone else was thinking unhappy ones, it was a hell of a wakeup call and I'd say we're still too enamored with our happy thoughts along with being disillusioned with the stopgap measures. We need to harden the hell up, and McCain's just the man to help us do it.
As far as making it worse by throwing some weight around - I guess, but let's not count on them holding back, when you're boned you're boned. Let's at least not die with swords in our belts.
I object to European criticism of America in the sense of it being something we should do something about (in the sense of them whining about crap, it's their way, lot of people in a small space...). But we made Europe what it is today, and as it is it's lacking a lot of sovereignty that WWII proved it's better off without. I mean, just cuz they were warmongers then, and eunuchs now, must we be judged for our lack of shame? If so, what's the penalty? Should we not be absolved for that very reason?
And in turn I'm often critical of Europe. I don't monitor their news and international business, with anything but academic curiosity, a lot of the ways they operate would make my skin crawl if I had to live with 'em - like religious political parties - but they're small enough countries to be enfranchised like that and to each his own. But when they get in the way, and oft times for stupid reasons like France needing attention and being in Opec's pocket... And when that happens I rescind my usual passive tolerance - I mean people who live in glass houses...
