Quote Originally Posted by strike for the south
There jelaous as Americans we are handsome sexy smart level headed and frankly other nation cant handle that combanation of American supremacy. It really gets to people but Ive learned to live with it.
Oh get over yourself. I have never seen a more arrogant, stuck-up, rude bunch of people than the average patriotic American. "WE SAVE THE WORLD! WE'RE THE WORLD POLICE!!". Well let me elabourate on why the world hates (or dislikes, however you'd like to take it) America.

#1 - America is greedy--
Yes, I will say that America has done a lot of good for the world in matters of financial support for countries who need it. But Americans also demand that this be paid back at a higher interest rate than most small, 3rd world countries can afford, so you're always on their back about it. Perhaps you shouldn't offer so much money. Then maybe the 3rd world would respect you.

#2 - Iraq
The Invasion of Iraq was purely an American offence against Saddam Hussein to protect their economical interests. Cheney and Bush have so much oil money in Iraq, and Saddam was threatening that. I can see how you'd want to protect your interests, but an invasion of a country where people were better off BEFORE the government of Saddam fell? Now, the people are in a massive, armed revolt. Allied soldiers are dying endlessly, and all because they want the old ways back. Perhaps you should have thought of THAT before you invaded Iraq.

#3 - The American people
I'm not saying all Americans are bad. But a great bunch of Americans like to think of themselves as an elitist group of the world. They think they're better than Europe. They're better than Asia. They own the world. American ignorance is causing people to turn their backs on the United States, and the elitist Americans will demand attention. Common rudeness also turns off people from acting friendly towards Americans in the fact that they think of themselves in a supremacist manner.

#4 - American patriotism
Another thing I think the world doesn't like is the fact that Americans push the boundaries of what they can do "For Patriotic Reasons". Americans force their opinions on the world, and try to force Americanism on so many people, on people with established cultures that are different than American culture. People don't like having things forced on them, so why should America have the right to force it's presence "for patriotic reasons"?

Please consider my above points. I hope not to offend any Americans in here, but this is probably the most well thought out post I've ever written in the backroom, and I'd like you all to think it over and perhaps input a better reply than SFTS did in the quote that I put above. I didn't mean to get stingy, but it got on my nerves.

Thank you all.

Cheers,
TheSilverKnight