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Jinx /img/forum/go_quote.gif This country has behaved shamefully in the past 8 years (actually for along time before that, but it came to a critical head these past 8 years).The politics and greed towards other countries and ourselves has been nothing to be proud of.
The rest of the world calls us Ugly Americans for a reason.
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The arrogance, the greed, the lack of social concern has been disraceful.
I have heard too many people say, "I don't care what the rest of the world thinks" and that's exactly the nasty attitude that earned us that rep.
WE NEED to think globally and how we are received but this country has got so conceited that we have got out of touch and our schools reflect that, our medical system reflects that, our ECONOMY reflects it.
We need to get off the high horse and join the rest of the world.
I think this new president can get us started and on the road.
I agree 100%. Americans have had a very bad reputation in the rest of the world. I remember getting a really bad attitude from one of my good friends about dating an American who was in the military, pro-war and a Republican (all of these things were red flags to us). In her eyes this is what every American is like, because this is what Bush represented. The majority of Europeans felt that way and it was very sad to me, because I know not everybody was/is like that. I think part of it is because the American Patriotism is a bit scary to us, it seems like if you´re a good patriot you have your flag, love the president, believe everything the news tell you and never question a thing...this is a bit exaggerated of course, but a lot of people here think that way. We just can´t relate to that amount of patriotism.
Obama is very popular in Europe, we were all rooting for him. I think the fact that he was elected already sends a very positive message to the rest of the world. So let´s see what happens next, lets see if he lives up to expectations