It is a very easy thing to hate the United States of America right now. But why? We stormed the beaches at Normandy, saved Europe from economic ruin with the Marshall plan (thanks for paying off the loan, Norway. Anybody else?Anybody?Bueller?), invented the Internet, uprooted tyrants, and give foreign aid away l ike it was candy. We want to be t he good guys and thought we were. Yet we just can¶t seem to get any love these days. How¶d we get here? Well« [JFrater: as the representative of Listverse, I would like to say that we don't hate America - in fact, I had one of my greatest holidays there. This list will no doubt cause a storm - be calm and debate nicely!] 10 Center of the Universe The first reason: we act like the world revolves around us. America presumes much for a country generously dated at 300 years old . China has latrines ten times older than that. Aquick example: many countries play baseball, but only we have the ³World Series´. We¶re getting better about our egocentrism, but it¶s been a loooong time coming. And don¶t get me started about our tourists. Just smile and take the money- they¶re loud, but they¶ll be gone in a week.
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8/6/2019 It is a Very Easy Thing to Hate the United States of America Right Now
It is a very easy thing to hate the United States of America right now. But why? We stormed
the beaches at Normandy, saved Europe from economic ruin with the Marshall plan (thanks
for paying off the loan, Norway. Anybody else?Anybody?Bueller?), invented the Internet,
uprooted tyrants, and give foreign aid away like it was candy. We want to be the good guys
and thought we were. Yet we just can¶t seem to get any love these days. How¶d we get here?
Well« [JFrater: as the representative of Listverse, I would like to say that we don't hate America - in fact, I had one of my greatest holidays there. This list will no doubt cause a
storm - be calm and debate nicely!]
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Center of the Universe
The first reason: we act like the world revolves around us. America presumes much for a
country generously dated at 300 years old. China has latrines ten times older than that. A
quick example: many countries play baseball, but only we have the ³World Series´. We¶re
getting better about our egocentrism, but it¶s been a loooong time coming. And don¶t get me
started about our tourists. Just smile and take the money- they¶re loud, but they¶ll be gone in
a week.
8/6/2019 It is a Very Easy Thing to Hate the United States of America Right Now
From Vietnam to Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinski to ³Mission Accomplished´ in Iraq to
finding Osama Bin Laden, we seem to do most of the work, but keep a lot of things hangingon, never quite finished. Eventually the answer makes itself known, but it usually takes
time, and involves help from others after a lot of (necessary) heated discussions. Maybe we
should try this as as a first course of action more often«
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We Act Unilaterally
8/6/2019 It is a Very Easy Thing to Hate the United States of America Right Now
We are a nation of doers, and our errors (when they occur) will be from acts of commission,
not omission (Hypocrisy Alert: Darfur). Sometimes that¶s a great thing, like sending
Kruschev¶s missiles back home, breaking Gaddafi¶s/Qaddafi¶s/Kaddafi¶s nuclear ambitions
(his nukes are now safely tucked away in Oak Ridge, Tennessee), or winning the Cold War.
Other times, it blows up in our (and often, YOUR) face. Our attempts to spread democracy
worldwide, intended to let others enjoy the same freedoms and advantages that we have,sometimes result in innocent people dying. We must stop to remember the Somalia
embassy, Madrid and Fiji and Lockerbie 101 bombings, along with the millions of nameless
others who suffered and died in countries that are not free. The US is the biggest face
opposing these things that actually does anything (not just talk, FRANCE. You railed about
Guantanamo but when it came time to release prisoners you took ONE.), but our allies often
bear the brunt of our ³foreign´ wars, because the enemy cannot reach us. That has changed
recently, and while it has altered our perspective, it has not altered our resolve.