BF2S Forums What is behind Anti-American feelings?

lowing wrote:

ghettoperson wrote:

lowing wrote:

I am sure jealousy was not one of the words in his post. How about the fact that America has done more for the world in 250 years, than Europe has done for it combined. So I say jealousy.

I disagree, I'm not jealous of what the US has done for the world and I doubt Cam is either. That said though, neither of us are anti-American, although I have a feeling some of you would make out otherwise seeing as liberal = un/anti-American.

EDIT: I also disagree with that the US has done more for the world.

Has there been a continuous 100 years in history where you EU folks were not killing each other in attempts to grab land??

You can say you are not anti-American if ya want. But cut me some slack, you hate our govt. you hate our capitalist society, you hate us owning guns when it is at the core of our constitution. You hope we lose the war in Iraq. There isn't a thing I can remember that you guys have said positive about America. So yeah, I will draw the conclusion that you are anti-America. Or is there something nice you can finally say about us?

WHo has done more for this world than the US in the last 100 years??

ghettoperson wrote:

lowing wrote:

ghettoperson wrote:

I disagree, I'm not jealous of what the US has done for the world and I doubt Cam is either. That said though, neither of us are anti-American, although I have a feeling some of you would make out otherwise seeing as liberal = un/anti-American.

EDIT: I also disagree with that the US has done more for the world.

Has there been a continuous 100 years in history where you EU folks were not killing each other in attempts to grab land??

You can say you are not anti-American if ya want. But cut me some slack, you hate our govt. you hate our capitalist society, you hate us owning guns when it is at the core of our constitution. You hope we lose the war in Iraq. There isn't a thing I can remember that you guys have said positive about America. So yeah, I will draw the conclusion that you are anti-America. Or is there something nice you can finally say about us?

WHo has done more for this world than the US in the last 100 years??

As to your question, probably not, I don't really know, however I fail to see why we cannot contribute to the world and still wage war. The US manages quite nicely.

As for the anti-American comment, the only thing I would say you are correct in is my dislike for the current administration. The rest of what you said is bullshit. I personally really like America, and I from what I remember so does Cam. Neither of us have a reason to hate the US. Lowing, you're using your black and white thing again. You love to label people based on one thing that they've said, even when it bears no resemblance to reality. I may dislike your current administration, however that doesn't mean that I'm anti-capitalist, anti-guns, or anti anthing else.

usmarine2005 wrote:

I understand a once powerful nation with territory all over the world is now reduced to a small fraction of what it used to be.  So don't worry m3thod, we can understand your small penis complex.

ATG wrote:

RicardoBlanco wrote:

Kmarion wrote:

The old continental powers are still far from forgiving us for supplanting them in the strategic arena. The primary goal has been to prove that the United States is as cruel and corrupt as they themselves have been. When your heritage is genocide, wars of aggression, or cowardly surrender the record of the United States can be pretty hard to bear. The old powers cannot avoid measuring themselves against us, but the disparities they discover are so great that Europe's Moral delinquents can not help but comfort themselves with lies about our clumsiness, our violence, and our crudity. Perhaps they should stop and ask themselves how could such a pathetic mediocrities built the richest, most powerful exemplary society in history.

From the last time we went over this.

Of course my opinion listed above is only part of the reason.

Method as far as the Palestinians, maybe you should stop and consider who designed the borders in that area to start with.

Europe just grew up and got over its warmongering. The US will do so too as it evolves. We're like your older brother; we've made our mistakes and now we're watchong you make yours. Perhaps that's why we're so critical.

Sort of...profound explanation really...

btw, I'm not miserable ricardo!

RicardoBlanco wrote:

And your empire building is going swimmingly.

acEofspadEs6313 wrote:

RicardoBlanco wrote:

usmarine2005 wrote:

I understand a once powerful nation with territory all over the world is now reduced to a small fraction of what it used to be.  So don't worry m3thod, we can understand your small penis complex.

And your empire building is going swimmingly. Shit, at least we had an empire.

But it wasn't looked down upon unlike the U.S. 'empire'.

fatherted13 wrote:

acEofspadEs6313 wrote:

RicardoBlanco wrote:

And your empire building is going swimmingly. Shit, at least we had an empire.

But it wasn't looked down upon unlike the U.S. 'empire'.

Even if it was looked down upon, at its peak, it was god damn effective.

usmarine2005 wrote:

I understand a once powerful nation with territory all over the world is now reduced to a small fraction of what it used to be.  So don't worry m3thod, we can understand your small penis complex.

lowing wrote:

ATG wrote:

RicardoBlanco wrote:

Europe just grew up and got over its warmongering. The US will do so too as it evolves. We're like your older brother; we've made our mistakes and now we're watchong you make yours. Perhaps that's why we're so critical.

Sort of...profound explanation really...

btw, I'm not miserable ricardo!

not really ATG< if it resembled a "big brother", it would help us, instead of sit back and watch as we fight for ALL OF US.

RicardoBlanco wrote:

lowing wrote:

ATG wrote:

Sort of...profound explanation really...

btw, I'm not miserable ricardo!

not really ATG< if it resembled a "big brother", it would help us, instead of sit back and watch as we fight for ALL OF US.

You're fighting for yourselves Lowing.

usmarine2005 wrote:

fatherted13 wrote:

usmarine2005 wrote:

You seem proud of something you are condemning the US for..........

/confused.

How am i condemming the US for having a empire? The Us never has, or does have a empire, so there is nothing for me to condemn. I purely don't agree with some of the statements made in this thread, proposing that the US has done more for the world, in the past 250/100 years, than any other country.

Define empire.

empire     

–noun
1.    a group of nations or peoples ruled over by an emperor, empress, or other powerful sovereign or government: usually a territory of greater extent than a kingdom, as the former British Empire, French Empire, Russian Empire, Byzantine Empire, or Roman Empire.

ATG wrote:

But it's like 25:1 ratio.