I just saw your reply.
I stand by my statements. If you’re a ‘friend of the US’ - thanks but no thanks.
I think you need to have someone explain ‘jingoism and triumphalism’ - perhaps if you read some history - you pick from: German/English/French/Italian/Russian history. I would also suggest Spanish - but you’ve obviously failed in comprehension on what your already read.
Strange, in all my years in Europe/Asia - I found more jealousy than understanding of the US, what it has and what it does.
> I just saw your reply
Crikey, I had nearly forgotten about you.
> I think you need to have someone explain ‘jingoism and triumphalism’ - perhaps if you read some history - you pick from: German/English/French/Italian/Russian history. I would also suggest Spanish - but you’ve obviously failed in comprehension on what your already read.
Let me guess: you always wanted to be a Grade 9 History teacher but have never been able to fulfill this aspiration? Why is it that many Americans — like yourself — seem to think that us “durn Furriners” who disagree with them are merely ignorant and in need of better education?
Take a re-read of your post — perhaps read it aloud in front of a full-length mirror — and see if it doesn’t come across as arrogant and know-it-all and smarty-pants and patronizing. Because frankly it does.
It is certainly very stereotypically “American”, and it illustrates my point beautifully. Many Americans — like yourself — come across as arrogant, patronizing, smarty-pants, jingoistic, triumphalist know-it-alls and are blinkered to realities that exist outside the “American” experience.
Arising from this, perhaps it is no mystery why a good proportion of this planet is less-than-grateful to America. This might even explain why some folk on this planet are hell-bent on blowing you lot to smithereens at every given opportunity.
Nobody likes to be patronized. And nobody likes a smarty-pants.
> Strange, in all my years in Europe/Asia - I found more jealousy than understanding of the US, what it has and what it does.
I think you’ll find that us “durn furriners” understand America just fine, and that we aren’t one bit jealous.
America does many fine, generous and praiseworthy things, and deserves much more credit than she gets. This is because she often goes and spoils everything by showing off and bragging and skyting about it endlessly.
Nobody likes a skyte. Nobody likes a braggart. And nobody likes a show-off.
Why isn’t Burma allowing American cyclone aid in? It should, and it is damnable that the junta isn’t. Perhaps it is because the junta knows that American aid will come at a high cost that only begins with bragging rights.
> I stand by my statements. If you’re a ‘friend of the US’ - thanks but no thanks.
Luckily for me, not all Americans share your attitude, so it is perfectly OK for me to remain a very good friend of America. Sometimes it is only your best friends who can tell you how things actually are, rather than telling you only what you want to hear.
Sorry, but that is just how it is.