Why does the world hate americans?

[grimey]

Yes, the point of this whole thread is whiplash..

As that and minor dents are all that happened in the video, yea.

[still_bluenoser]

This is why Americans are so well thought of around the world!!! They think it is perfectly fine to invade another country and expect the citizens to get the hell out of the way. If you don't care what Canadians think why are you reading this forum???

Figure out the difference between expect and need.

I don't agree with the US being in Iraq, but I sure as hell don't have any trouble with the soldiers (and marines... don't wanna piss of Nark. ) over there doing what they have to to save their own asses. Armies don't decide when to invade, politicians do. Armies just have to deal with it.

so basically, they invade a country, kill whoever that's on the way, armed or not, as long as they can get back alive to their country.

Hmmmmm, u.s. of a. the land of the brave.

Yea, I bet there were multiple fatalities from extremely minor whiplash.

Yes, the point of this whole thread is whiplash..

What is the point of this thread?

[swede]

Pelosi says that troops are from now on going to be properly trained, equipped and furloughed - as opposed to the extended tours and poor equipment that has saved some $ in the Iraq faisco. That should throw a wrench into bush's psychotic future war plans. I believe congress will also be requiring a declaration of war from bush in order for bush to start overt aggressions against Iran. Nonetheless, if another attack on the order of 911 is carried out, and the fingers will point at Iran (this time you can bet the accused will be Iran, not Syria, not Lebanon, not N. Korea - not Hussein or Iraq - who categorically had zero involvement in 911 or wmd production following 10 yrs of sanctions which crippled any ability he may have had for this), one could reasonably expect congressional approval for more war of empire in the middle east, will be a rubber stamp process.

[Widow]

The video originally posted by bob can be explained and excused away. The video altiplano posted, where they hit a truck on an open road and laugh uproarously, and the vid posted by megaton where they use firepower against the villain sheep - cannot be explained and excused away. It is one thing to protect yourself, another to attack innocent bistanders (or sheep - someone's livelihood let us remember). It is power that corrupts what little moral fibre these examples may ever have had.

[Dash-Ate]

I don't think anyone should hate americans.

But do hate the evildoes who run their country. An ex oil company VP runs the country so they invade countries that have oil. Get it?

And these evildoers have WMD and use them! We are doomed if these hardline extremists continue on their course.

Don;t give up. Ordinary people helped to stop the bloodbath in Vietnam. People are already tried of losnig their kids to fight for Israel's wars.

[TerrainTerrain]

I hate those evildoes too!

[RatherBeFlyingInCanada]

Don;t give up. Ordinary people helped to stop the bloodbath in Vietnam. People are already tried of losnig their kids to fight for Israel's wars.

Yes........Israel is the root of it all.

[Dash-Ate]

This is what we fight for: glory, freedom, democracy, and liberty:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/18/world ... ref=slogin

[sky's the limit]

I'm not sure why the world Hates the Yanks,

But I know I hate them for their business ethics, or lack there of(will NEVER work for them again), their Foreign Policy, or lack there of, their religious BS, and their inability to mind their own business.... For a start.

STL

[gr8gazu]

The US has always been able to force its will on the rest of the world. That is the main cause of worldwide dislike. The other factors as mentioned by STL are certainly not endearing qualities either.

Times are changing though and the US will be the whipping boy to China. Before long and they will have to learn to live and act in a manner that is acceptable to the rest of the world.

Much the our own Politics in Canada has been. The East has the balance of power. The West has been excluded. Ergo, the West dislikes the East.

[swede]

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[swede]

Maybe this has something to do with it.

http://www.newstatesman.com/200702190014

[cyyz]

I'm not sure why the world Hates the Yanks,

But I know I hate them for their business ethics, or lack there of(will NEVER work for them again), their Foreign Policy, or lack there of, their religious BS, and their inability to mind their own business.... For a start.

STL

Can canadians celebrate christmas in schools, malls or courts??
Can canadians put up christmas trees in any above places???
Can one wear a baseball cap to class?
Can on smoke in a private bar, club?
Can smoke companies publish media ads?

Yeah, their beliefs are really backwards while our "freedoms" go for granted...

[sky's the limit]

I'm not sure why the world Hates the Yanks,

But I know I hate them for their business ethics, or lack there of(will NEVER work for them again), their Foreign Policy, or lack there of, their religious BS, and their inability to mind their own business.... For a start.

STL

Can canadians celebrate christmas in schools, malls or courts??
Can canadians put up christmas trees in any above places???
Can one wear a baseball cap to class?
Can on smoke in a private bar, club?
Can smoke companies publish media ads?

Yeah, their beliefs are really backwards while our "freedoms" go for granted...

WTF are you on about?

[LH]

gr8gazu -------"No" the US hasn't always been able to force its will on the rest of the world. What history books have you been reading from? Sorry to let you know that the world didn't start just 80-90 years ago.

Up until WW1 it was the British Empire that was the supposed "bad ass" of the world and they stuck their noses into everything and protected those that they chose. Think this statement is bunch of crap?...........then you got a bunch of reading to do and a real, real, steep learning curve. While you're at it, also learn what country was the "bad ass" before the Brits because there has ALWAYS been one. Lastly, take the time to learn your own Canadian history. We have people on this continent and two nations as a result because of ongoing and centuries-long wars between the two great powers of the day......England and France.

Your opinion and mine concerning the US is just that.......our opinions. The above is not.......it's a matter of recorded historical fact.

[corporate joe]

gr8gazu -------"No" the US hasn't always been able to force its will on the rest of the world. What history books have you been reading from? Sorry to let you know that the world didn't start just 80-90 years ago.

Up until WW1 it was the British Empire that was the supposed "bad ass" of the world and they stuck their noses into everything and protected those that they chose. Think this statement is bunch of crap?...........then you got a bunch of reading to do and a real, real, steep learning curve. While you're at it, also learn what country was the "bad ass" before the Brits because there has ALWAYS been one. Lastly, take the time to learn your own Canadian history. We have people on this continent and two nations as a result because of ongoing and centuries-long wars between the two great powers of the day......England and France.

Your opinion and mine concerning the US is just that.......our opinions. The above is not.......it's a matter of recorded historical fact.

Actually... The US has an economy built on war. It needs war to thrive. Do I hate the US? HELL NO, because without the US Canada would not be where it is today. Why the rest of the world hates the US though I can understand. The US has ALWAYS been at war with somebody ever since it declared it's independence.

U.S. military spending ($343 billion in the year 2000) is 69 percent greater than that of the next five highest nations combined. Russia, which has the second largest military budget, spends less than one-sixth what the United States does. Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Cuba, Sudan, Iran, and Syria spend $14.4 billion combined; Interestingly enough, Iran accounts for 52 percent of this total. (numbers are from 2000).

However to think that the other colonial forces like Britain, France and Spain even come close to the US in the last century is wrong. Here is a list of US interventions in the world, and to be honest, most of them I had not heard of, and when I made this research I did not even realize how large this list was.

SOUTH DAKOTA
1890 (-?)
Troops
300 Lakota Indians massacred at Wounded
Knee.

ARGENTINA
1890
Troops
Buenos Aires interests protected.

CHILE
1891
Troops
Marines clash with nationalist rebels.

HAITI
1891
Troops
Black workers revolt on U.S.-claimed Navassa Island defeated.

IDAHO
1892
Troops
Army suppresses silver miners' strike.

HAWAII
1893 (-?)
Naval, troops
Independent kingdom overthrown, annexed.

CHICAGO
1894
Troops
Breaking of rail strike, 34 killed.

NICARAGUA
1894
Troops
Month-long occupation of Bluefields.

CHINA
1894-95
Naval, troops
Marines land in Sino-Japanese War.

KOREA
1894-96
Troops
Marines kept in Seoul during war.

PANAMA
1895
Troops, naval
Marines land in Colombian province.

NICARAGUA
1896
Troops
Marines land in port of Corinto.

CHINA
1898-1900
Troops
Boxer Rebellion fought by foreign armies.

PHILIPPINES
1898-1910(-?)
Naval, troops
Seized from Spain, killed
600,000 Filipinos.

CUBA
1898-1902(-?)
Naval, troops
Seized from Spain, still hold Navy
base.

PUERTO RICO
1898(-?)
Naval, troops
Seized from Spain, occupation
continues.

GUAM
1898(-?)
Naval, troops
Seized from Spain, still use as base.

MINNESOTA
1898(-?)
Troops
Army battles Chippewa at Leech Lake.

NICARAGUA
1898
Troops
Marines land at port of San Juan del Sur.

SAMOA
1899(-?)
Troops
Battle over succession to throne.

NICARAGUA
1899
Troops
Marines land at port of Bluefields.

IDAHO
1899-1901
Troops
Army occupies Coeur d'Alene mining region.

OKLAHOMA
1901
Troops
Army battles Creek Indian revolt.

PANAMA
1901-14
Naval, troops
Broke off from Colombia 1903, annexed Canal Zone 1914-99.

HONDURAS
1903
Troops
Marines intervene in revolution.

DOMINICAN REP.
1903-04
Troops
U.S. interests protected in Revolution.

KOREA
1904-05
Troops
Marines land in Russo-Japanese War.

CUBA
1906-09
Troops
Marines land in democratic election.

NICARAGUA
1907
Troops
"Dollar Diplomacy" protectorate set up.

HONDURAS
1907
Troops
Marines land during war with Nicaragua.

PANAMA
1908
Troops
Marines intervene in election contest.

NICARAGUA
1910
Troops
Marines land in Bluefields and Corinto.

HONDURAS
1911
Troops
U.S. interests protected in civil war.

CHINA
1911-41
Naval, troops
Continuous occupation with flare-ups.

CUBA
1912
Troops
U.S. interests protected in Havana.

PANAMA
19l2
Troops
Marines land during heated election.

HONDURAS
19l2
Troops
Marines protect U.S. economic interests.

NICARAGUA
1912-33
Troops, bombing
20-year occupation, fought guerrillas.

MEXICO
19l3
Naval
Americans evacuated during revolution.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
1914
Naval
Fight with rebels over Santo Domingo.

COLORADO
1914
Troops
Breaking of miners' strike by Army.

MEXICO
1914-18
Naval, troops
Series of interventions against
nationalists.

HAITI
1914-34
Troops, bombing
19-year occupation after revolts.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
1916-24
Troops
8-year Marine occupation.

CUBA
1917-33
Troops
Military occupation, economic protectorate.

WORLD WAR I
19l7-18
Naval, troops
Ships sunk, fought Germany

RUSSIA
1918-22
Naval, troops
Five landings to fight Bolshevik

PANAMA
1918-20
Troops
"Police duty" during unrest after elections.

YUGOSLAVIA
1919
Troops
Marines intervene for Italy against Serbs in Dalmatia.

HONDURAS
1919
Troops
Marines land during election campaign.

GUATEMALA
1920
Troops
2-week intervention against unionists.

WEST VIRGINIA
1920-21
Troops, bombing
Army intervenes against
mineworkers.

TURKEY
1922
Troops
Fought nationalists in Smyrna (Izmir).

CHINA
1922-27
Naval, troops
Deployment during nationalist revolt.

HONDURAS
1924-25
Troops
Landed twice during election strife.

PANAMA
1925
Troops
Marines suppress general strike.

CHINA
1927-34
Troops
Marines stationed throughout the country.

EL SALVADOR
1932
Naval
Warships sent during Faribundo Marti revolt.

WASHINGTON DC
1932
Troops
Army stops WWI vet bonus protest.

WORLD WAR II
1941-45
Naval,troops, bombing, nuclear
Fought Axis for 3
years; 1st nuclear war.

DETROIT
1943
Troops
Army puts down Black rebellion.

IRAN
1946
Nuclear threat
Soviet troops told to leave north (Iranian
Azerbaijan).

YUGOSLAVIA
1946
Naval
Response to shooting-down of U.S. plane.

URUGUAY
1947
Nuclear threat
Bombers deployed as show of strength.

GREECE
1947-49
Command operation
U.S. directs extreme-right in civil
war.

CHINA
1948-49
Troops
Marines evacuate Americans before Communist victory.

GERMANY
1948
Nuclear threat
Atomic-capable bombers guard Berlin Airlift.

PHILIPPINES
1948-54
Command operation
CIA directs war against Huk
Rebellion.

PUERTO RICO
1950
Command operation
Independence rebellion crushed in
Ponce.

KOREA
1950-53
Troops, naval, bombing, nuclear threats
U.S.&
South Korea fight China & North Korea to stalemate; A-bomb threat in 1950, & vs. China in 1953. Still have bases.

IRAN
1953
Command operation
CIA overthrows democracy, installs Shah.

VIETNAM
1954
Nuclear threat
Bombs offered to French to use against
siege.

GUATEMALA
1954
Command operation, bombing, nuclear threat CIA directs exile invasion after new gov't nationalizes U.S. company lands; bombers based in Nicaragua.

EGYPT
1956
Nuclear threat, troops
Soviets told to keep out of Suez crisis; MArines evacuate foreigners

LEBANON
1958
Troops, naval
Marine occupation against rebels.

IRAQ
1958
Nuclear threat
Iraq warned against invading Kuwait.

CHINA
1958
Nuclear threat
China told not to move on Taiwan isles.

PANAMA
1958
Troops
Flag protests erupt into confrontation.

VIETNAM
1960-75
Troops, naval, bombing, nuclear threats Fought South Vietnam revolt & North Vietnam; 1-2 million killed in longest U.S. war; atomic bomb threats in 1968 and 1969.

CUBA
1961
Command operation CIA-directed exile invasion fails.

GERMANY
1961
Nuclear threat Alert during Berlin Wall crisis.

CUBA
1962
Nuclear threat
Naval
Blockade during missile crisis; near-war with USSR.

LAOS
1962
Command operation
Military buildup during guerrilla war.

PANAMA
1964
Troops
Panamanians shot for urging canal's return.

INDONESIA
1965
Command operation Million killed in CIA-assisted army coup.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
1965-66
Troops, bombing Marines land during election campaign.

GUATEMALA
1966-67
Command operation Green Berets intervene against rebels.

DETROIT
1967
Troops
Army battles Blacks, 43 killed.

UNITED STATES
1968
Troops
After King is shot; over 21,000 soldiers in cities.

CAMBODIA
1969-75
Bombing, troops, naval Up to 2 million killed in decade of bombing, starvation, and political chaos.

OMAN
1970
Command operation U.S. directs Iranian marine invasion.

LAOS
1971-73
Command operation, bombing U.S. directs South Vietnamese invasion; "carpet-bombs" countryside.

SOUTH DAKOTA
1973
Command operation Army directs Wounded Knee siege of Lakotas.

MIDEAST
1973
Nuclear threat World-wide alert during Mideast War.

CHILE
1973
Command operation CIA-backed coup ousts elected marxist president.

CAMBODIA
1975
Troops, bombing Gas captured ship, 28 die in copter crash.

ANGOLA
1976-92
Command operation CIA assists South African-backed rebels.

IRAN
1980
Troops, nuclear threat, aborted bombing Raid to rescue Embassy hostages; 8 troops die in copter-plane crash. Soviets warned not to get involved in revolution.

LIBYA
1981
Naval jets Two Libyan jets shot down in maneuvers.

EL SALVADOR
1981-92
Command operation, troops Advisors, overflights aid anti-rebel war, soldiers briefly involved in hostage clash.

NICARAGUA
1981-90
Command operation, naval CIA directs exile (Contra) invasions, plants harbor mines against revolution.

LEBANON
1982-84
Naval, bombing, troops Marines expel PLO and back Phalangists, Navy bombs and shells Muslim and Syrian positions.

HONDURAS
1983-89
Troops
Maneuvers help build bases near borders.

GRENADA
1983-84
Troops, bombing Invasion four years after revolution.

IRAN
1984
Jets
Two Iranian jets shot down over Persian Gulf.

LIBYA
1986
Bombing, naval Air strikes to topple nationalist gov't.

BOLIVIA
1986
Troops Army assists raids on cocaine region.

IRAN
1987-88
Naval, bombing US intervenes on side of Iraq in war.

LIBYA
1989
Naval jets Two Libyan jets shot down.

VIRGIN ISLANDS
1989
Troops
St. Croix Black unrest after storm.

PHILIPPINES
1989
Jets
Air cover provided for government against coup.

PANAMA
1989-90
Troops, bombing
Nationalist government ousted by 27,000 soldiers, leaders arrested, 2000+ killed.

LIBERIA
1990
Troops
Foreigners evacuated during civil war.

SAUDI ARABIA
1990-91
Troops, jets Iraq countered after invading Kuwait; 540,000 troops also stationed in Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, Israel.

IRAQ
1990-?
Bombing, troops, naval Blockade of Iraqi and Jordanian ports, air strikes; 200,000+ killed in invasion of Iraq and Kuwait; no-fly zone over Kurdish north, Shiite south, large-scale destruction of Iraqi military.

KUWAIT
1991
Naval, bombing, troops Kuwait royal family returned to throne.

LOS ANGELES
1992
Troops
Army, Marines deployed against anti-police uprising.

SOMALIA
1992-94
Troops, naval, bombing U.S.-led United Nations occupation during civil war; raids against one Mogadishu faction.

YUGOSLAVIA
1992-94
Naval
Nato blockade of Serbia and Montenegro.

BOSNIA
1993-95
Jets, bombing No-fly zone patrolled in civil war; downed jets, bombed Serbs.

HAITI
1994-96
Troops, naval
Blockade against military government; troops restore President Aristide to office three years after coup.

CROATIA
1995
Bombing
Krajina Serb airfields attacked before Croatian offensive.

ZAIRE (CONGO)
1996-97
Troops
Marines at Rwandan Hutu refuge camps, in area where Congo revolution begins.

LIBERIA
1997
Troops
Soldiers under fire during evacuation of foreigners.

ALBANIA
1997
Troops
Soldiers under fire during evacuation of foreigners.

SUDAN
1998
Missiles
Attack on pharmaceutical plant alleged to be "terrorist" nerve gas plant.

AFGHANISTAN
1998
Missiles
Attack on former CIA training camps used by Islamic fundamentalist groups alleged to have attacked embassies.

IRAQ
1998-?
Bombing, Missiles
Four days of intensive air strikes after weapons inspectors allege Iraqi obstructions.

YUGOSLAVIA
1999-?
Bombing, Missiles
Heavy NATO air strikes after Serbia declines to withdraw from Kosovo.

YEMEN
2000
Naval
Suicide bomb attack on USS Cole.

MACEDONIA
2001
Troops
NATO troops shift and partially disarm Albanian rebels.

UNITED STATES
2001
Jets, naval
Response to hijacking attacks.

AFGHANISTAN
2001
Massive U.S. mobilization to attack Taliban, Bin Laden.

IRAQ
2002
No description required.

[gr8gazu]

gr8gazu -------"No" the US hasn't always been able to force its will on the rest of the world. What history books have you been reading from? Sorry to let you know that the world didn't start just 80-90 years ago.

Up until WW1 it was the British Empire that was the supposed "bad ass" of the world and they stuck their noses into everything and protected those that they chose. Think this statement is bunch of crap?...........then you got a bunch of reading to do and a real, real, steep learning curve. While you're at it, also learn what country was the "bad ass" before the Brits because there has ALWAYS been one. Lastly, take the time to learn your own Canadian history. We have people on this continent and two nations as a result because of ongoing and centuries-long wars between the two great powers of the day......England and France.

Your opinion and mine concerning the US is just that.......our opinions. The above is not.......it's a matter of recorded historical fact.

LH, check your RH as you obviously don't know what it is doing!

When I speak of Americans and why we "hate them" as the thread is titled, I do not refer to history beyond those that are alive today. If we hate for for events that took place before that, we are indeed a demented nation.

My comment is based on "common current sentiment" not on events that took place before the Dominion was formed. Did I even mention or make reference to the founding nations of Canada or the Western world? What the @#$! are you on or on about? Grow up or know when to say "when".

Nothing in my post shows any relevence to my education or knowledge of history. As an avid reader or "student" of history, I would be happy to discuss events with you in a rational manner but certainly not due to a misguided barley juice induced (an assumption) post like you have placed. That being said, for you to "assume" has only made an ass of "U" my friend. Close ties to the US???

[Hedley]

Talk about sore losers

[gr8gazu]

I don't view it as a loss Hedley, just a differing opinion and perhaps a reaction to a rediculous post. They have to stop putting internet kiosks in those Nova Scotia pubs!

[Hedley]

Sorry gazu, that wasn't directed towards you!

[spooky]

The unions really love the Americans. A big company with many plants running at, say, 80% will buy up a Canadian firm and then give the ultimatum. Concessions or we'll shut you down and pick up the slack with our other mills.
They're tough and rich and have ten times our population.
The reason the US can do what they like is that basic infrastructure and living standards demand so much, after that the rest is gravy.
The gravy can be used to shoot men into space, built big ships, and lots of planes and pay the people to man them.
Canada doesn't have as much gravy and never will. Too much land and not enough people.
Might as well get used to it.
Kyoto will suck up some more of the gravy. Guess we'll have to take a back seat to the US, China, India, Norway, Germany, France, but at least not to Andorra. Glad that Mexico is on the other side of the US, or they might invade us.