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<blockquote data-quote="tRidiot" data-source="post: 1699077" data-attributes="member: 9374"><p>I spent 3 years living outside the US in the Caribbean and Europe. And I can say unequivocally that the disdain I was exposed to was much greater than the gratitude. By a very large margin. I experienced many many instances of out and out hatred, with even greater numbers of passive-aggressive irritability. I can't say even once I heard a good thing about American involvement in the rest of the world. Not once.</p><p></p><p>Of course, let us pull out of all those places and when they degenerate into chaos, that'll be our fault, too.</p><p></p><p>I agree that we should limit our involvement in the rest of the world's politics... but what do we do when Iran nukes one of our allies (Israel)? At that point, do we still sit back and say, "Hey, it's not our fight, man."</p><p></p><p>I don't know the answer. But while I don't think the entire world hates us rabidly, I can speak from personal experience about negative American sentiment abroad, and I can also say that a large amount of that came from poor experiences with American tourists who thought they should be treated better, just because they were American. Again, personal experience, here.</p><p></p><p>Keep in mind, when you travel abroad, EVERYONE is watching you, BECAUSE you're American... try to behave as you would if your grandmother were with you all the time. <img src="/images/smilies/wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tRidiot, post: 1699077, member: 9374"] I spent 3 years living outside the US in the Caribbean and Europe. And I can say unequivocally that the disdain I was exposed to was much greater than the gratitude. By a very large margin. I experienced many many instances of out and out hatred, with even greater numbers of passive-aggressive irritability. I can't say even once I heard a good thing about American involvement in the rest of the world. Not once. Of course, let us pull out of all those places and when they degenerate into chaos, that'll be our fault, too. I agree that we should limit our involvement in the rest of the world's politics... but what do we do when Iran nukes one of our allies (Israel)? At that point, do we still sit back and say, "Hey, it's not our fight, man." I don't know the answer. But while I don't think the entire world hates us rabidly, I can speak from personal experience about negative American sentiment abroad, and I can also say that a large amount of that came from poor experiences with American tourists who thought they should be treated better, just because they were American. Again, personal experience, here. Keep in mind, when you travel abroad, EVERYONE is watching you, BECAUSE you're American... try to behave as you would if your grandmother were with you all the time. ;) [/QUOTE]
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