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)

[*Libertie*]

I suppose I should have mentioned that Hooks is rural Texas. Generally, urban Texas.. well, urban anywhere.. is quite a bit different. And really, I'm not trying to make any generalizations at all; I'm just making my point based on what town I lived in for two years. I simply meant that it's a shame that she had to be given THAT view of us. It's a shame that there were so many ignorant, closed-minded Americans in that particular town that she had to leave in order to avoid ridicule.

I can have a friendly political discussion with a conservative; it's when someone starts getting angry with me, shutting out my arguments, calling me anti-American, that I have a problem. I'm not by any means trying to call conservatives out for being stubborn, because I know that there are just as many intelligent conservatives as there are liberals, and just as many ignorant liberals as conservatives.

Anyway, CrazayChristian, you make the same point that I was trying to make - Americans should stop being biased by what they think is the 'right' side. One can be a liberal with some conservative views, or the other way around. Americans should gain personal belief by themselves, rather than depending on others to tell them what to believe.