If everything around you sucks, could it be that it´s not the others around you sucking but you? Just a question from someone who gets tired of so "well-founded" ahem comments like yours.
LOL, you don't suck. I read your profile. Congrats, you are not brainwashed. Well, with the new government in Germany, there is a possiblity that our relationship could improve between our countries.
However, the reason that I said that Germany and France sucked was that they refused to help us out in Iraq despite the fact that we were responsible for their security during the Cold War. And this is what we get? If we have allies like Germany and France, who need enemies?
Another thing is that the economies of France and Germany have stagnated in the past few decades. If I am correct, unemployment rate for young people under 25 in both countries are at 20% or so.