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This smacks of cheap anti Americanism

As an American, I can say without a doubt that the anti-Americanism we're generating throughout the world is not cheap to generate.

Be a bully, get treated like a bully.

Well not that America does herself any favors - however there is a strain of european anti americanism. But of course they love Le McDonald's and Le Coke Cola ;-)

Back when I worked for the .coop registry we found this as some of the European coop considered the internet a Capatiist/CIA plot.

There is also the older and dieing out British Tory's who blame you for the loss of empire.

> Well not that America does herself any favors - however there is a strain of european anti americanism.

There are plenty of reasons for this.

> But of course they love Le McDonald's and Le Coke Cola.

I personally don't buy either product because they both taste gross to me, but even if I did, how would that be relevant to US foreign policy or treatment of whistleblowers?

I wasn't talking about post 9/11 issues but the post ww2 settlement and the rise of the USA as a super power.

And I could think of EU country that treat whistle blowers badly or behave badly in pursuit of foreign policy

The US could do like France and just make it legal to spy on everyone, but it would be a hard bill to pass.

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