Posted on 01/31/2005 7:14:22 AM PST by Katy_Katarina
I'm sad to say that much of the anti-American feeling that is around at the moment is down to the fact that Americans can't seem to see any faults in their system and/or military.
We in Europe remember how America has been involved in destabalising and usurping a democratically elected government - Chile on Sept 11 1972 - used Agent Orange in Viet Nam, demonised left wing people in the entertainment industry during McCarthyism, supporting death squad governments in Central/South America, just to mention a few things, and, most recently, your FBI came here and managed to get the servers for several Indymedia sites taken down (thank goodness they are up and running again) Oprah Winfrey was landed with a court case just for saying that she wouldn't eat a hamburger again and we are regularly reading about how people in the States are being arrested just for criticising the government - a few months back it was a couple wearing T shirts claiming Love America, Hate Bush.
Here in Britain the vast majority of the population was against the war and we are sick of our prime minister being Bush's lapdog. We have a very different culture and we don't want your very powerful big business culture pushed on us.
Have you read how an American seed company (Monsanto?) has produced 'addict' seed that won't grow and develop unless the company's fertilizers are used and how Iraqi farmers won't be allowed to save (patented) seed that they've been given by US seed companies who have reaped the benefit of the war?
On our most respected news programme, Panorama, the other night we heard how new evidence has come to light that US and British military are responsible for killing thousands of civilians in Iraq, NOT the insurgents as had previously been thought responsible.
Here in Britain and the rest of Europe we get the impression that your media is narrow and biased so you just aren't getting the facts. Perhaps that's something you should be looking at instead of spending time worrying about whether people are anti-American or not..... something that we, in a democracy have the right to be if we wish.
I have family in the US so I know that not everyone is a Republican born again Christian. Both our countries should hang their heads in shame at how we've sold weapons of every sort to countries that we later wage war on - we backed Saddam Hussein even though he was gassing the Kurds, because he was our friend against Iran. Hypocrisy, as usual, rules OK. Think on. Sue
I thought I'd post it in here and see if anyone can rebut what she states. Her statements seem so imcomplete and she is unaware of the circumstances surrounding her accusations....
Don't waste time in newsgroups, and Panorama apologized for the casualty report.
I'm not sure about the others, but how can our FBI take down a server in GB without the tacit approval of their government? What does Oprah and beef have to do with anything, that was a private lawsuit. IIRC the people wearing the shirts were told to leave by a flashlight wielding security guard, not Bush and Co.
We in Europe remember how America has been involved in destabalising and usurping a democratically elected government - Chile on Sept 11 1972 - used Agent Orange in Viet Nam, demonised left wing people in the entertainment industry during McCarthyism, supporting death squad governments in Central/South America, just to mention a few things, and, most recently, your FBI came here and managed to get the servers for several Indymedia sites taken down (thank goodness they are up and running again) Oprah Winfrey was landed with a court case just for saying that she wouldn't eat a hamburger again and we are regularly reading about how people in the States are being arrested just for criticising the government - a few months back it was a couple wearing T shirts claiming Love America, Hate Bush.
From the area of the world that brought us the Holocaust.
.....and once we get out of the BAD BUSH COALITION it shall be MUSLIM....
Try googling for information from other than left wing envirowhacko sites.
How she "feels" and her ideas about America are of little consequence to me.
AMERICA..HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE
Europeans are just upset that America controls the "control-alt-delete" keys of the world. They can get over that, do something about it or post stuff on the Internet nobody should glance at twice.
It's like arguing with a parrot.
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Mark Steyn: The 'civil war' that wasn't
The Australian ^ | 1 February | Mark Steyn
Posted on 01/31/2005 8:11:24 AM CST by Eurotwit
Try reading Steyn instead of silly, biased, emails.
We, together with a coalition of the willing, helped liberate the continent of Europe twice in the last century.
Actually, we just don't sit around and whine and hand-wring about it.
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GOTTA SEE THIS-WarEndur.Freedom 1/30/05-Alamara,Zubaya,Baghdad,Basra,Suleimaniya,Najaf
Yahoo, AP, Reuters, and the usual suspects | 1/30/05 | President Bush and the valiant Military of the United States of America
What a load of BBC regurgitated communism
Yeah, we had a tough time during the invasion of Iraq going up against their M1 tanks and F16 fighters.
Oh wait ....
Thank you..I'll put that in my reply email.....
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