So, in a big nutshell. (aka jump!)

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(02-18-2017, 06:50 PM)Dill Wrote: Well, know that I agree with you on that. The Iraq war is one example. Whenever Israel invades Gaza it's the same. We hear all about Israel's right to protect itself from a population it imprisons. How many times is the U.S. that one critical abstention in UN votes on Palestine?

The healthcare debate shows a similar Amero-centrism. We hear how bad all the "socialists" have it in France and Germany and Sweden. We are so LUCKY with our medical bankruptcies and all.

We had Al Jazeera for a while, which would air segments in which representatives of Hezbollah and Hamas could actually speak for themselves. On top of that, they ran documentaries on poverty in the U.S. and the like--horrors, like we were a 3rd world country!  People hated it. We are the best. And our news organizations (with one or two sterling exceptions) tend to agree.  

Yo. I don't want to get into the whole Israel thing, because that's a whole new thread topic. We historically do not look at that one impartially too, since there was some Holocaust going on recently withiin our boirders. It was so clear that only Anti-Semites would come out against Israel that right now - indeed only Anti-Semites come out against Israel. Maybe it's really not Germany's or Austria's place to get mixed in on that one, we leave that up to you, as blatantly loyal as you are.

As for the socialist health care, yeah we do have it bad. When we're sick, we go to the doctors and get treatment no matter the economic situation. Everyone, including those grandparents who aren't that rich and still want to get a few more years. That really is awful, sure. That being said, don't just copy the European model, as it just doesn't suit US mentality. And it does come with certain flaws that are not to be overseen.

(That Al Jazeera is not the kind of network that would get too many fans is somehow understandable for me, too. Can't hold that one against you, the US is just an unlikely market to begin with.)