I guess you weren't around for the civil war. Oh well, that was American blood spilled on American soil, so we can ignore that as insignificant.
The carnage you talk about in Europe was of your own making, so why do demand instantaneous sympathy?
"I guess you weren't around for the civil war. Oh well, that was American blood spilled on American soil, so we can ignore that as insignificant.
The carnage you talk about in Europe was of your own making, so why do demand instantaneous sympathy?"
I don't! Why should I demand sympathy? I just pointed out that Europeans have their very own traumas that influence their way of making decisions.
And no, I haven't forgotten the Civil war.
Civil War dead: approx. 560,000
World War II dead: more than 56,000,000
See the difference? That's only about 100 times as many.
Ok, I have to admit, it were only 20,000,000 in present day EU countries (if you also count the victims of the Spanish civil war).
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
http://www.secondworldwar.co.uk/casualty.html