posted on Feb, 24 2003 @ 02:56 PM
right before you lot jump on me what I'm about to voice is not my own personal opinion but rather a generalised view of how many in the UK view the
US.
'You are prone to be seen as a nation of paranoid occupants who see enemies all about them (F_D's original list was of groups you see as threats,
not those he had any problem with) with a government and many right wing religious groups who play on those fears, using them to rouse hysteria and
patriotic fervor to get the average citizen to toe the line
Mr Bush is seen as a bumbling fool, who scares us possibly even more than Ronald Regan did. And as for the war.... sorry guys you came in at the end
just as the rest of us were on a winning streak and then tried to take all the credit. Btw you didn't have anything to do with the Enigma Machine
All in all, you both fascinate and worry us and we'd rather not become the 51st state for the moment thankyou very much'
tongue-in-cheek? yes
harsh? maybe
grounded in historical fact? unfortunately so
intelligent adults will always try to see a nation as it's individuals and not it's public figures. Unfortunately at times both you and us are
guilty of the exact opposite
as as for isolationalism - China is a pretty good role model of that one. I wouldn't recommend that direction though