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Old 02-15-23, 09:28 AM   #1900
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Sorry, but you miss the realities by a lightyear or two.

From 2020.

https://www.nzz.ch/international/deu...rag-ld.1534449

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Das Pew-Institut hat kürzlich 37 000 Menschen aus 33 Ländern repräsentativ befragt, und das Ergebnis der Studie ist schockierend: Eine Minderheit von nur noch 39 Prozent der Deutschen hat eine positive Meinung von den USA. In keinem anderen europäischen Land ist der Blick auf den transatlantischen Partner so negativ. Bemerkenswert daran ist, dass Russland und China besser wegkommen. Eine andere Umfrage, die insbesondere in den USA für Aufsehen gesorgt hat, stammt vom britischen Meinungsforschungsinstitut YouGov. Dabei wurden Deutsche gefragt, wer ihrer Meinung nach die grösste Gefahr für den Weltfrieden darstelle. Auch diese Antworten waren erschreckend.
When I studied in the 90s, the university, Osnabrück, was brimming with far left-leaning sentiment and clear anti-Americanism. It was worse already in West-Berlin, during the Nato-Nachrüstungsbeschluss, and then there was the Friedensbewegung and the Anti-Atom-Beegung - both are far extreme anti-American, and always were. The villain in the Gulf war 1991 were the Americans, Saddam was the innocent victim of white-skinned imperialism with a cowboy hat. - And Osnabrück was not even considered to be amongst the real leftist universities in Germany!

CDU-Transatlantiker may see it differenbt, but they do not represent a significant share of German public opinion anymore since Merkel declared the "conservative" CDU as obsolete, de facto thats what she did.

Do not confuse individual relationships between private individuals and families here and there with the Zeitgeist which carries the whole of society and public opinion.

We will never forgive the Americans that we need them so urgently. Think about it. Its true.


And then came the Donald...
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