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Originally Posted by dr. Gonzo
My point is that you are making everything too personal. A European may not dislike Americans as a nation and treat every US citizen he meets in a friendly way and not be prejudiced and travel to US etc, but that does not mean he is happy when the US government messes with his country's affairs.
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No, I'm talking about mass media dumbing the masses, and the general encouraging of the anti American mood among those, who never even received a chance to make their own opinion.
And they eat it all up, thinking that US is a mixture between Miami Vice, Jerry Springer, fat dorks with a hamburger on their head and a couple clinically crazy gunmen.
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Originally Posted by dr. Gonzo
And back to the bloody radar, I don't really get why these people get you so angry. Yes, they are young and their lifestyle may be questionable, but it's their own country. Do you think they deserve being disliked and labeled by you just because they refuse to assist the States in doing serious military stuff clearly for the States' benefit? Yes, politicians and PR people are getting better and better at disguising all kinds of military operations as 'good for all of us in the long run,' but people involved have a right to not believe that. And that does not make them stupid, worthless etc. They have a right to disagree, why a different opinion causes so much hatred towards them?
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Once again, it's not THEIR country, they don't contribute anything to THEIR country, hopefully they will someday, then it will be their country, and it will be in their interest, to care who is a better party to be with - if US or Iran.
They're free to choose. If they want Iran, that's their choice, let them state it clearly and I will respect it, but there's nothing in between.