I'd say Sweden and also the rest of the Nordic Countries have become closely affiliated with Britain and the US because of the history we share.
European history, as we all know, isn't all rosy.
My Sweden, a major supplier of iron ore to Nazi Germany, is often criticized for her role in that conflict.
But it feels good to know at least some people in Britain, America, France and elsewhere understand that Sweden contributed a lot to fending off Stalin by backing up Finland - the bravest of all really small nations on Earth..
Today, large parts of Western Europe display a very high standard of living.
People over here today worry more about storing exclusive wines at appropriate temperatures than finding their loved ones in heaps of garbage in what once was a London neighborhood.
If I was to stick one single label over all of the Western World of Today it would read “Perfect Idyll” - and seriously, what's wrong with driving a nice Beamer or Audi?
Naturally, this has a lot to do with the fact that the US, with all of her resources, came to dominate global business life (as well as World politics) during the era of 1945-1970, but I'd also say Europe and America are even closer allies now than we used to be 70, 100 or 150 years ago because of the tragedies of the 20th and 19th Century. We must never forget about what comradeship could evolve by the forging of “Blood, toil, tears and sweat”.
What America has done for Europe will never be forgotten.
If you think we don't care; - Please don't think we don't, just because we Europeans sometimes talk like we don't.
Welcome over here for a holiday in Paris, London or Stockholm and a glass of wine, Ale or aquavit. It'll make you adopt a more sober approach to European-US relations.
Oh, unless you were posting the not hating Europeans to others, I hope you didn’t mean me! ;) I have many European ties, and love to travel there when I can. Not too much right now, but definitely in a few more years. My travels and living in Europe (Scotland as well as Sweden) make me see what is very good about both places, as well as things I would like to change in them.