“poor citizen.” Anti-americanism has always been there and always will be. You’re right to suck it up and ignore them.
It was no easier when Reagan was president (he was a “cowboy” and the US was perceived as more dangerous than the USSR by all manner of foreign loons who would toady to the USSR for anything).
Some places like us when ever we are down but hate us when we are doing fine. Some places are worse than others: greece used to be a bit prickly; France was not so hot, and took joy in rejecting dollars about 20 years ago when the dolar was down at the time. Belgium, which surrendered before th germans even got there, and is disntegrating as a “country,” feels free to lecture Americans on everything, even how to keep a country together.
They lecture us about racism but none of them will ever elect a black as President. They lecture us about unilateralism, but couldn’t deal with loony dictators 60 years ago or now. Ignore them.
Plus other than Russia, they are all so SMALL.
anyway, now we know how the British felt 1700-1900.
33: Pragmatist: (a) lend lease followed the end of payments and it was not repaid and we never wanted it repaid; (b), we may have been a bit behind reality: in 1924 the Empire had 400 million plus people and it was rather natural to think that you had more money than we did; (c)I didn’t see you jump into the war until you had sold out every ally that sought to stand with you (churchill’s language not mine); I hardly think that you have any standing to criticize us for being as blind as you were, but I admit we had some real blind spots till 1941;(d) if you elect socialists to run your economy, you won’t see bananas that is for sure. But your underworked coal miners were paid well right? Hardly our fault. I love you guys anyway.
