Hello JW!

This topic is very interesting and something that I have discussed on other blogs. It seems that many Americans, for some odd reason, seem to think that any criticism of US policy is "anti-American". In my view, policy is not country. The narrow view of "you're either with us or against us" has taken hold in the US by many ultra conservatives. It seems to leave no room for diplomacy or open minded discussion.

I see more hatred toward Europeans coming out of American news stations and magazine articles, than the other way around. Maybe it's easier to point the finger at our European allies and blame them for all our woes, than it is to look at ourselves and see that we have no one to blame but ourselves. Bush's policies which, IMO, has destroyed our credibility throughout the world came about because a majority of Americans who refused to look at criticism of Bush or recognize his incompetence voted him into office...twice. Not only that, but they gave him a Congress and Senate that would be a rubber stamp for his policies. Now they are seeing the result of that trust that they gave him and realizing that it is Bush who has brought about mistrust for American policies around the world. Instead of blaming themselves, however, they would rather point their fingers at Europeans...mostly Germany and France and say it is all their fault and they hate us. Childish, to say the least.

It is American main stream media who, IMO, is the most responsible for this behavior. They have held back stories that were critical to Bush and his policies and have been, at the very least, irresponsible in their duties as journalists. I find it amusing that it is the bloggers, most of whom are not professional journalists, who have taken the reigns and put out information that should be on the main stream news. It is the only way to find out the real news or unreported news about what is going on, and I haven't seen any German or French bashing on the liberal blogs, exceot for the occasional comments that come from trolls from the ultra conservative bloggers.

Most Americans don't read or research European news, which is understandable because the majority of Americans don't speak or read German. In fact, neither do I...that's what google translator is for! And this is also why I surf the net for European sites. I like to hear "from the horse's mouth", so to speak, what the real truth is, not American main stream media's interpretation of the truth. It's too bad more Americans weren't as curious. They may learn something.

Ok, Don, now you can make your comments about us nasty liberals, don't forget to add that it's all Clinton's fault. :-D