You know, that makes us almost exactly similar in qualification. I lived in Germany for 8 yrs. I have some college German. However, I speak the language proficiently. (I met a German tourist in a pub here in Edinburgh just Saturday night who spoke almost no English and slid into conversation with her very easily and we spoke of a great many things.) I lived the great bulk of my time on the German economy. 100 kilometers from my station of duty. I own property in Germany. My wife is German.
I would like to know what you base your HATRED of Germany on? Hatred is a very strong word. You hate Germans. If you object to 'We don't hate Germany' it works out- by default- that your position is you hate the country.
My hatred is reserved for al Qaeda. For Nazis. For racists. For bigots. I have met and talked to too many decent Germans to say 'I hate Germans'.
What did they do to you in that time to make you hate them?
BTW, I find that 'George Bush commands and we obey' business to be one of the most repulsive things I have ever read.
Oh, well.
I don't hate Germans, or Deutchland, but I was routinely discriminated against while stationed there...'79-'82. I don't know how it is now, but there were many bars that openly displayed signs that said Americans were forbidden from entering.