Is America, Really as bad as people say? Options

[CrazayChristian]

I know, I'm an American, why am I asking this?

Well, I've heard both sides of the story, and I still don't see why people dislike America.

I came across this topic:

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And I realized that there must be some sort of prejudice involved.

In my opinion, we are doing alot already. We actually have more troups in the yugoslavian area than Iraq, and I think we lose more people there than Iraq. We have troups there to help stifle the fighting.
We have troups in Iraq so that we can help them to defend themselves.
We are the big brother of Isreal.

And yes we've had some bad moments, such as the bikini Islands. But, you're expected to make mistakes. Look at how the European powers did hundreds of years ago.

Some people blame the president for the problems, but put yourself in his shoes, to control the most powerful country in the world and try to make everyone happy. It just doesn't always work out.

So, I'm wondering, why do certain people (almost entire countries) dislike America?

(I'm curious about my facts, and I figured debate would be the best way to discuss diffrent sides)

[sammi rules you]

you should read the book "the ugly american". it gives great insight as to why america as a whole is hated by other countries.

basically, the book is about how back in the day (and still even today, as my class discovered by doing a little research) american ambassadors would go over to less fortunate countries and make no effort to associate themselves with that countries. they brought in their fancy cars and such from america and bought lavish houses and even their secretaries had servants from the host country. russia, however, employed their own servants from their country, learned the host country's language, tried to blend in with the natives, etc.

well, that was why they did back in the day. what others have said about more recent times only fuels it more. we're a very greedy egotistical country. we think it's ok to take others' resources to consume for ourselves cause we're somehow "better" and then use it up like it's nothing. we're extremely materialistic as well, which fuels the more 3rd world countries to not be too fond of us.