Sorry, I didnt mean to offend your patriotism.
But to people who are not citizens of the US, the US is definitely just another country.
What is so wrong about being "another country"? Of course for US Citizens, it is not, but for me, and the citizens of other countries, the US is of course the most important country in the world in regard to economic and military power, but not their country.
To you, Germany is just another country as well.
I mean I am not a citizen of the US, so I do not expect the US government to do anything for me. Why should they? Their first responsibility is with US citizens like you are one.
The US government created Marshal Plans and the likes because it was advantageous for their own country in a lot of ways. It was a far sighted decision. Much more far sighted than anything the current US (OR the current german) government is doing right now.
(PS, here it is way past noon and i'm just in the mood for a civilized debate
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