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Originally posted by apeman
pehaps pacifier is referring to the D-Day anniversary, it was easy to get the impression that some Americans thought that all Europeans have to agree with everything George W Bush does because the Allied army liberated Europe.
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sort of, I'm still pissed by those "axis of weasel" remarks. A lot of Americans seem to think that "we europeans" should help them whatever they do.
And It seems that is a very common point of view in America. A couple of friends in Bosnia and Kosovo have noticed the same attitude.
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