en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/294863 Comments by Lukenye http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/08/07/olympic-ethics-is-traveling-to-china-worse-than-the-usa/#IDComment13546449 I've found over the years of traveling and talking to the rest of the world (non-Americans) mainly Europeans, seem to very condescending of America and it's practices. I agree that most of what the Bush administration has done is wrong, and that we over-consume, but Europeans are just as guilty of many of the things they accuse the Americans with. When Jacques Chirac was the president of France, many French had an easy time debasing Bush, and decrying Rumsfeld (whether that was with cause or not is not the issue here) they ignored that their President had stolen money when mayor of Paris, and trying to find a way to not get arrested for it. Nor did most of them know what was in the European Constitution that they all wanted to vote against at the time. Anyways what I am saying is that non-Americans easily pick on America for it's flaws, and ignore their country's problems. Whether their country follows America's example, or offer's token resistance no government is blameless. Most of what the world governments do we do not know, the world knows more of America's flaws because as the only confirmed Superpower the world eyes are pointed towards it to look for flaws. Sat, 3 Jan 2009 03:05:32 +0000 http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2008/08/07/olympic-ethics-is-traveling-to-china-worse-than-the-usa/#IDComment13546449