What is amazing is just 20 years ago the French loved Americans - so did the Dutch. It was the German tourists they were rude to! :o)


>Juan;
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>There is a term I remember from the 1960’s. Ugly American. All Americans were ugly, self centered, rich, indifferent to the poor of the world, and self-indulgent.
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>Our daughter spent the last two summers in France, Germany and England, attending school. According to her she was not comfortable when people found out that she was from the United States. Many people were impolite, at a minimum and threatening at the maximum. So she learned to not tell anyone where she was from.
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>Perhaps things have improved since September?
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>Tom
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>>>> Ive travelled the world with the military, in europe, the middle east, and the far east,
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>>Oh I see now why you got the wrong perception.
>>People out there don't see differences between governments and its soldiers. For them, both are the same same thing for the simple reason than in most cases are the ones executing the orders, or the visible face of the govt in many cases.
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>>Try as a civilian, then tell me.
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>>>>the world hates americans.
>>if you mean regular people by 'americans', then the statement is 100% wrong.