France is "supporting" Iraq? France did not oppose the reinsertion of Weapons Inspectors as unnecessary. I don't recall the French taking the position that Saddam is a good guy who should be left alone. France is taking a more cautious approach to the use of military force than the U.S. would like. There's a big difference there.
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I realized that Americans don't spend their days hating other countries.
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Maybe the Europeans use a few more words (assholes, stupid, brainwashed) to describe Americans than a lot of Americans use to describe Europeans. All I hear from most circles is "pussy." Well, there's "anti-semitic' from one crowd, and "pansy socialists" from another, but mostly it's just "pussy." Do I detect "vocabulary envy?"
I was in Spain and Portugal in the mid 70s, as both countries were coming out of long periods of facist rule - facist governments supported by the United States during the cold war in exchange for base rights; facist governments very much guilty of all the things we accuse Saddam Hussein of today (now that his facist government is no longer useful to us). It was an interesting and exciting time to be there - watching people experience free elections for the first time in 50 or 60 years can give you a better appreciation for some things you tend to take for granted.
Perhaps things have changed in the 30 years since I was there; I don't know. What I found, however, is that there were a few people who hated me for being American. There were an awful lot more who hated a lot of the actions of my government without hating me.
Last edited by PornoDoggy at Feb 27 2003, 08:30 PM