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2009-07-01 10:35:41
Small note in regarding decline of anti-Americanism, Sarkozy and Merkel were both elected while President Bush was still in office.
Supposedly Obama has improved relations somewhat, but the changes have been a Europe that is slightly Pro-American, while still mainly against or neutral to American Foreign Policy.
The making fun of Americans for being fat or stupid or whatnot (when the real difference between the American and European people in weight, intelligence, etc. is actually rather small) its more about making the Europeans feel better about themselves. Most of the world is acutely aware about how much nicer it is to live in the USA than anywhere else on the planet.
