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Originally Posted by goldorak
Sorry I didn't read the entire thread before answering to the different critics.
I hope you don't consider "little kid" as an insult. Kids are know to be idealistic, they view the world in terms of black and white. Its a metaphor nothing bad really.
But as I said idealism should not trump everything else, otherwise you can be taken advantage of. For pete's sake, we (as in europeans) got taken advantage of although we certainly were much more critical of our governments than you were.
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No, we're okay. I understand the European perspective. Your governments have been around a whole lot longer than ours. You have been there and back, so to speak. There is a lot that America can learn from Europe, and we shouldn't so carelessly cast aside the advice and knowledge of people that do not wish us harm. A strong Europe is good for America, and a strong America is good for Europe. Decades of 'cowboy politics', mostly on the part of the US, have strained that relationship.
More to the point, I know that America, meaning the American government, has taken an odd stance in this issue. My mind knows that what the US government has been doing is wrong, but my heart wishes it was not so.