The world's view of the United States of America

[QUOTE="NaiKoN9293"]

why does egypt dislike america? have they ever gone to war and taken things in there?

loco145

I thought it was the USA reaching the quarter finals of the World Cup.  Yeah, that's the reason, they're just jealous they are best friends with Israel, why else would they be next to each other? 

[QUOTE="loco145"][QUOTE="NaiKoN9293"]

why does egypt dislike america? have they ever gone to war and taken things in there?

clembo1990

I thought it was the USA reaching the quarter finals of the World Cup.  Yeah, that's the reason, they're just jealous they are best friends with Israel, why else would they be next to each other? 

[QUOTE="clembo1990"][QUOTE="loco145"]Israel.loco145

I thought it was the USA reaching the quarter finals of the World Cup.  Yeah, that's the reason, they're just jealous they are best friends with Israel, why else would they be next to each other? 

They hate us for the same reason EVERY arab nation hates us : We support Israel.

Wow, the world is pretty damn superficial if they're judging an entire country, its profits, its exports, its people, and its overall value and position in the world based on its figurehead leader.:|Theokhoth

Welcome to a brave new world...
Actually, you don't need to go too far to visit it.
Take a look here in the thread "If you absolutely HAD to nuke another country?"
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26669476&tag=topics;title
What a wonderful world, no? :roll:

if youre like me, youll definitely like the southern countries of europe.escapeoftheape

Incase people were wondering, I'll post a few of the percentages from my textbook:

Canada: 72% Favorable. 27% Unfavorable.

United Kingdom: 75% Favorable. 16% Unfavorable.

France: 63% Favorable. 34% Unfavorable.

Pakistan: 10% Favorable. 69% Unfavorable.

Kenya: 80% Favorable. 15% Unfavorable.

Egypt: 6% Favorable. 69% Unfavorable.

Russia: 61% Favorable. 33% Unfavorable.

 

Source: The Harris Poll and Pew Research Center, 2004.

The_Mac_Daddy

2004's kinda a long time ago.

Maryland is like the best part of the US. I'm not biased.Jandurin

wut

[QUOTE="Jandurin"]Maryland is like the best part of the US. I'm not biased.xMOBSTER23x

wut

Also, every American i've ever spoken to has had very strange views on ww2, acting as if America was the only country in the conflict. swizz-the-gamer

[QUOTE="swizz-the-gamer"] Also, every American i've ever spoken to has had very strange views on ww2, acting as if America was the only country in the conflict. Jandurin

[QUOTE="swizz-the-gamer"] Also, every American i've ever spoken to has had very strange views on ww2, acting as if America was the only country in the conflict. Jandurin

Are you asking me what would have happened if America had never joined the war? I believe the allies would still have won.swizz-the-gamer

Pearl Harbor was an inside job.loco145

[QUOTE="swizz-the-gamer"]Are you asking me what would have happened if America had never joined the war? I believe the allies would still have won.Jandurin

Pearl Harbor was an inside job.loco145

[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="swizz-the-gamer"] *nod* I was asking both what if America hadn't joined, and whether you thought they may have eventually joined anyway.[QUOTE="loco145"]Pearl Harbor was an inside job.swizz-the-gamer

Of course they would.. Pearl harbor wasn't some random attack, it was due to the fact that the United States cut Japan's supply of oil off. The US basically forced Japans hand in the matter, not the other way around.

They're okay. But they haven't realized that they still are colonials...they always will be.jointed

As I'm studying, I came across a Harris and Pew Research poll in my textbook showing the worlds view on America as either Favorable or Unfavorable. I decided to make the same poll here on Gamespot. The only difference is that in my textbook it lists favorable and unfavorable percentages by country. The_Mac_Daddy

I'm an american, and I'm pretty in love with my country. I noticed your sig bars, are you a New Orleanian?

[QUOTE="jointed"]They're okay. But they haven't realized that they still are colonials...they always will be.Jandurin

Hmm...5 times as many colonials. Impressive.

The fatherland has 500 million Eu citizens. :)

[QUOTE="Notsogr8one"][QUOTE="Dark__Link"]

Uhh... right....

Jacobistheman

Yeah, and in 4 years they will hate Obama just as much, if not more than Bush.

I'd think russia would like us more having voted in a border line communist and all.

The fatherland has 500 million Eu citizens. :)

jointed

[QUOTE="Jacobistheman"][QUOTE="Notsogr8one"]What do you mean? The election celebrations world-wide made that pretty clear :P although it seems Russia and possibly Israel like us a little lesskingyotoX

Yeah, and in 4 years they will hate Obama just as much, if not more than Bush.

I'd think russia would like us more having voted in a border line communist and all.

Hahaha, nice. Obama, communist, oh god thats funny.

Oh wait you were serious?

[QUOTE="Jacobistheman"][QUOTE="Notsogr8one"]What do you mean? The election celebrations world-wide made that pretty clear :P although it seems Russia and possibly Israel like us a little lesskingyotoX

Yeah, and in 4 years they will hate Obama just as much, if not more than Bush.

I'd think russia would like us more having voted in a border line communist and all.

[QUOTE="The_Mac_Daddy"]

Incase people were wondering, I'll post a few of the percentages from my textbook:

Canada: 72% Favorable. 27% Unfavorable.

United Kingdom: 75% Favorable. 16% Unfavorable.

France: 63% Favorable. 34% Unfavorable.

Pakistan: 10% Favorable. 69% Unfavorable.

Kenya: 80% Favorable. 15% Unfavorable.

Egypt: 6% Favorable. 69% Unfavorable.

Russia: 61% Favorable. 33% Unfavorable.

 

Source: The Harris Poll and Pew Research Center, 2004.

NaiKoN9293

why does egypt dislike america? have they ever gone to war and taken things in there?

[QUOTE="jointed"]

The fatherland has 500 million Eu citizens. :)

Jandurin

On a serious note. The US is twice the size of the EU, but the EU's population is almost twice as large as the US's. Crazy business right there.

I could spend sometime in US.

I liked :) there are lots of good things in US.

Of course, it is not perfect, but wait, the human being is not perfect independent of the place. You can find bad things in US, Europe, South America, Asia, Africa, even Antartida =P Shi* happens everywhere. It is actually hard to summarize a place in a single judgment.

I really admires US history before WW. The word freedom really had a deep meaning back then. After WW, when US became a superpower, I just think that meaning was disappearing. Freedom was overused as excuse for many things not related to freedom at all.

I have a question: why do many people in US freak out with the word socialism? I mean, ok, terrible things happened in the name of socialism, but terrible things also happened in the name of freedom, capitalism, catholicism blablabla. I really don't understand why is it so hard to have a public health care system but relatively so easy to accept billions of dollars from tax-payers to sustain army everywhere and bailout wall street.

PS: Holy shi*! Is shi* a censored word? Come on... -> that in part gets my point about the meaning of freedom :roll: