Azores:
On what concerns the Berlin wall. Germans make the possible and the impossible to hide the Soviet occupation and the American protection. Near the Brandenburg Gate there is a big monument to the Soviet troops that conquered Berlin but the monument to the aviators that saved Berlin by breaking the Soviet blockade is comparatively a joke.
This is the reality.
Ever occured to you that the Soviets had a somewhat different taste than the wezzies?
Giant sculptures and monuments is more the Stalin way, you know….true, the Germans may not have destroyed these remains, but that is a good thing. Soviet occupation is a part of their history whether you like it or not.
Furthermore, that the Germans somehow want to “hide” the US protection is just bollocks. Has it ever occured to you that the critical attitudes many Germans have towards the current US politics, is a result of very high expectations? And that these expectations are again a result of the particular German experience?
You should also keep in mind that the European scepticism towards the American conduct in the Iraq war is echoed in the US itself.
And again, even though I realize you enjoy being hated by European wuzzies, this hate does not stick as deep as you would like it to. Both France and Germany have elected US-friendly leaders. The entire former eastern Europe is very closely connected to the US. Britain still brags about their “special relationship”. Go to any of the (you call them communist) Scandinavian countries, and you will be welcomed by a population that:
- Speaks English as if it was their second mother language.
- Watches American movies, talkshows, tv-series, listens to American music, reads American books – on a daily basis.
- Knows the entire life story of Sarah Palin. I swear to you, she is all over the news and it’s driving me crazy.
I could go on forever, but you catch my drift. How could this occur in a culture that is hostile to the US? An American friend of mine just spent the summer working here (as a carpenter, mind you), and he was met by zero hostility – just curiousity. Sure someone would crack jokes about the religious right once in a while. But that’s no surprise, really, considering the fact that the daily show with Jon Stewart show airs on national TV , is it?;)
