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Originally Posted by Missileer Is that statistic from your personal anaylsis or did the king of the world drop you a note concerning that bit of info. I would doubt that 50% of the world's population would even think about America, bad or good. |
Well,.. speaking as a "furriner", I think you seriously under rate the USAs affect on all things in this world. Whoever said "When the USA sneezes the world catches a cold" was pretty near the mark.
Virtually everything that goes on in US has a run down effect. This is especially so in the case of developing countries who see these things and think, "Well the Yanks do it, why shouldn't we"? And I feel they are quite right in their assumptions.
Ask someone if they dislike Australian policies, and they reply "Where the F**k is Australia. But try it with the USA and you'll get certainly get a reaction of some sort.