Quote Originally Posted by roberth View Post
The United States of America is the GREATEST country in the entire short history of mankind. We've done the mostest with the bestest and all without gratitude from the rest of the planet. The fact that we continue to provide help and assistance anywhere in the world in spite of all the negative shit from all the rest of the 'civilized' world is a continuing testament of our heart and soul.
Travel, you'll find that it's a very small minority of people in most countries who 'hate' America. I became an American citizen in October (I took my oath along with about 100 other people from the rest of the 'civilized' world who also love this country) but before that I traveled a lot in Europe with my American wife, and the closest thing to a negative reaction she received was from a waiter in Paris who jokingly said "American champagne" when she ordered a coke. I caught more crap from the French for being English than she ever did for being an American.

And regarding gratitude, have you ever been to one of the Allied cemeteries in France, Belgium or Holland? Visit one of those and then talk about how ungrateful the rest of the world is. Look into which countries offered assistance to the Unites States after Katrina and then talk about how ungrateful the rest of the world is. Watch the video of Haitians chanting "USA! USA!" after an American search and rescue team pulled a survivor out of the rubble a couple of weeks ago.