Foreigners, what problem(s) do you have with America (U.S.A.)?

[hanselthecaretaker]

We all hear the excuses thrown around in Gambino's expansive thread -
http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/chat-conversation/proud-american-thread-552754.html

but to gain an outsider's opinion, what specifically do you think our failings are and what could we do to improve relations with other countries?

Intelligent discussion only; check insults and emotions at the door.

 

[katdav]

I think we (our government) is hypocrytical.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

I think we (our government) is hypocrytical.

You're not a foreigner, but that's a start.

 

[b0und]

I really don't have a problem with Americans, US citizens for those who want to be pedantic, as such at all. I think most Westerners, at least in the English speaking world would probably feel similar.

The current US government however has done a lot of very bad things throughout the world, and from what I have heard they haven't covered themselves in glory at home either, ie the aftermath of hurricane Katrina.

Anti-Americanism I think has existed for a long time, at least since WWII, but the Bush administration has aggrevated it and made it much worse through its actions, like invading Iraq and other stuff.

The cause of Anti-Americanism is complex, you could write volumes about it, jeallousy, envy, feelings of disempowerment by those who feel they have been oppressed by the US, US foreign policy, especially unilateralism. What is clear is that although Anti-Americanism has existed for a long time, the actions of the US government since 9-11 have made it much, much worse.



b0und (I could go on and on...)

 

[wootoom]

Foreigner- Hot Blooded

 

[javaguru]

I'm an American but from what I gather it's the hypocrisy. We support the UN and all those great American values we espouse but we disregard them when our national interest is at stake. For example, we signed the 1984 accords against torture but we have tortured or allowed to be tortured prisoners and in the Republican debate torture was generally supported. In the 1984 accords, degrading a prisoner IS considered torture.

 

[Gambino]

Foreigner- Hot Blooded

i got a fever of a hundred and...

 

[wootoom]

i got a fever of a hundred and...

check it and see

 

[javaguru]

check it and see

Pick3 rectal thermometer style?

 

[wootoom]

Pick3 rectal thermometer style?

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