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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
Target of the week. I like that. 
A good example of 'Nation bashing' is the huge American animosity towards France after they refused to support our incursion into Iraq in 2003. This is where all the "Cheese-eating surrender monkey" jokes and insults started. It's interesting that there aren't that many jokes about Germany in this regard, and virtually none at all aimed at Canada or New Zealand, who also opposed the invasion. |
The difference of course is the position France holds.
Lots of nations turned round and said "this is crap you are telling us".
France was on the security council with a veto and said "this is crap you are telling us".
For further good measure it said "you were already told it was crap when the information was handed to you".
You can understand the resentment a sore loser would feel over that.