[Katya]

This attitude is definitely NOT unique post 09/11 or a truism whenever a republican is in office. Just two years prior to 9/11 I spent an evening with my cousin and a few of her friends playing a game similar to Trivial Pursuit called "Sophie's World".
I was at some disadvantage as I hadn't read the book the game is based on, which is a sort of primer through human philosophy, history and culture.
Well, well, well....surprising to all of them...I won!!! My cousin later shared that her friends were shocked and surprised, considering they assumed most Americans to be uneducated.

[thescourged1]

If you've got the urge to visit Europe, visit our new friends there; i.e. Poland, Hungary, the Baltics, Romania, etc. More bang for your buck and the people like Americans.
True, there's no Louvre or Dutch dope cafes, but what the heck?