Sadly, I know my country (Ghana) thinks America is hot shit.
I personally like to look through history and how great nations do things and personally, albeit I respect their ideals on Humanity, Freedom and the American dream, I feel you guys a blundering kids running around with a shotgun.
You don't exhibit the kind of finesse that made a country as small as Britain hold sway over much of the word and yet, show a greater degree of maturity in their use of military and internal politics.
Just sayin'
I think its a percentage of Education thing.
While the Brits had an elitist system in their time of Empire and could suppress the more uneducated opinions, US has its hands tied with the 'Everyone's opinion matter' when you have the whole Bible belt to contend with... Tends to force Political decisions to pander as much to the retarded as the unretarded.
SO as the 'most powerful country in the world'... Or so they tell me (Nevermind the fact that you haven't faced a country of equal worth since 1945 to justify this fact, and last group of 'under-developed beige' people you really fought kicked your ass despite all your tech), you don't neccesary set an example for Political maturity in International relations... Like how disappointed I was when I realized Obama's hands were more tied than he previously made us believe... Especially with allies like Isreal. So much for 'Super power' status.
Everyone knows that if they attack America just right, she HAS to wage war or the voting public wont hear of it, and that America is powerless even if Isreal continues to misbehave... You tie yourself to simplistic policies, so it makes you predictable...
And let's not decieve outselves... Despite the rhetoric, your foreign policies are as self-serving as Iran.
Your government wont lift a finger to save lives unless there is a far cheque or contract at the end of the whole deal. So it kinda pisses some of us off when you present yourself like some 'Shiny light'
Its real Politik, I get it... But then, don't expect much love.
Some of us are actually waiting for the day, leading Nations actually LEAD, rather than bully smaller nations in every form of Political relationship they have with them. There MUST be that form of mutual support of the World wont develop into a better place to live.
You can AFFORD to be more charitable. You really can.
