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I dunno about this. I've spent some time abroad and we American's can be so very oblivious. Many of the stereotypes about the American international traveler - obnoxious, loud, inconsiderate, etc. can often be embarrassingly true. However, this is far from a universal description and I think the fact that so many Americans are now aware of this stereotype has actually reduced our bad behavior somewhat.
I will say, though, that while many foreigners have damn good reason to be pissed at the U.S. lately, I really couldn't stand it when they would get mad at individual citizens traveling abroad. I don't represent my government, people! I even got this in England, which is astounding given that Britain was (and is) very much a part of the Iraq coalition. Locally, I think Americans are so ill-informed about foreign countries that we don't condescend often towards tourists in our homeland because we're embarrassed that we don't know anything about them...
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