Originally posted by Time Immemorial
Aren't you from Europe, living in Florida though? Why would you be receiving hostility?
Originally posted by Robtard
irc, he's American born but was able to get dual-citizenship with Belgium because his great, great, great, grandfather slagged and Belgium woman back in the 1890's or something.
Re: Re: Its Official, the US is the most respected country on the earth.
Originally posted by Omega Vision
Well, I think you might be looking at "respect" differently than Obama. To you, I imagine "respect" would mean something like "they believe in our capacity to act decisively as a nation" which can either mean "confidence" (they have our back when shit hits the fan) or "fear" (they're a loose cannon country that can attack at any moment). I think Obama has lessened both of those factors through his more cautious, at times indecisive, form of diplomacy.However, Obama has also made great strides in cleaning up the image of America as a borderline rogue state (the "fear" angle), which isn't something to sneer at. While Obama's been president, I've experienced much less hostility while traveling in Europe than I did when Bush was in the White House.
i agree.
but honestly i don't really respect the US as a great nation. i feel like it has been socially (internally) degraded over time.
although i can't really complain, i have Tony Abbot as the head of the leading political party and he just f*cks up
Originally posted by Lestov16
So essentially TI is butthurt because a politician said something that any and every logical politician has said and decided to make a thread about it. Seriously, TI? You're going to call Obama out on this of all things?
I agree with Obama. Sounds like you are the butthurt one.