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)

[CrazayChristian]

I live in the austin area, and we never had that much of a problem with the French .

We're being fed diffrent information from a biased community. Someone who doesn't like Bush, is not going to admit that he did something right, they're going to extract every flaw they find and use it.

Someone who does like Bush however, will defend with as much information and contradict whatever is said against the case.

You can get your information from extremely liberal websites/shows/ect. But they will always be the opposite of conservative views. Each one will make thier case quite clear and supported. But, depending one which side you're on, you will instantly shoot either one down with a fact supported on your side.

We are separated because most Americans are stubborn and don't take both sides into effect. I'm guilty of this at certain times.