Talking about Anti-American Sentiment inst’t an easy task especially if you don’t want to be interpreted incorrectly. I would like to mention beforehand that I don’t want to fuel the fire any further and my reasons for writing this post isn’t to attack anyone. What I would like to do is to maybe try to explain why some people have started to look down on the US. All this from the eyes of a common citizen, not from fancy news channels or over fashioned newspapers.
Forbes has a very interesting article on Anti-American Sentiment, the only thing is I don’t quite agree with their point of view, especially when referring the likely consequences of this sentiment. When I above talked about “fancy news channels or over fashioned newspapers” this was exactly what I was referring to. Seriously Forbes does have many facts and figures but I doubt those are the core reasons why people are becoming increasingly Anti-American. You see the problem lies in the way the information is gathered. Many times when conducting these so called interviews the person being inquired is presented with a bunch of multiple choice answers which reflect the ideas and thought patterns of the fancy news channels and over fashioned newspapers. In simpler terms you choose what answer suets you best, never having the opportunity to explain exactly how you feel about the situation presented.
Many believe that one of the main reasons behind the latest growth of Anti-American Sentiment is related to the war in Iraq. Let me just clear up a few facts about this. We Europeans, contrary to American popular believe, are not stupid, before the war had even started we knew very well that the invasion was for financial gain, not for some missiles that never existed. You see America has a few big problems, one of them being China. Over the past years China has been buying all the crude it can get it’s hands on while the US just stands around looking. You don’t believe me read China buys up more Kazakhstan oil, China’s appetite for African oil grows, China buys more Angolan crude than Saudi. These articles are just to shine some light on the subject. Europeans don’t really care about Iraq, we don’t have our troops over there and the countries that did have were cleaver enough to call them home. Yes I know the UK still has the second largest military presence in Iraq but that’s because they also have common interests in the War. This topic could go on for pages but to conclude I would like to say that I really doubt that the War in Iraq is the main reason for the wide spread Anti-American Sentiment. Part Two.
[tags]Anti-American Sentiment, America, War, Iraq, UK, Crude, [/tags]
by Anti-American Sentiment - Part 2 by Delirium Propaganda, on August 27 2007 @ 7:59 am
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