From: black.hole.4.spam{at}gmail.com (Don Hills)

In article , "George Sherwood"
 wrote:
>
>I have a hard time understanding how this gets turned into an
>Anti-American thing.  Isn't this how it is supposed to work?  One
>Government notices something in a another country that it believes goes
>against its interests and notifies that country. That country makes a
>decision based on its best interest on whether to comply or not.  In this
>case it appears that your Government agree with the complaint.  What are
>people looking for?

What, indeed. "People" don't always agree with their Government.
For example, over the years many of our politicians have tried to figure
out ways of ending the nuclear ban. They've advanced carefully reasoned
arguments why it should be ended. But "the people" refuse to
countenance it. Polls continue to show it would be political suicide for
any political party trying it. We collectively see the reasons that it was
initially imposed as still being valid. We understand the sanctions and
disadvantages which it places us under, and we choose to accept that price.
I'll point again to this, which sums up current feeling here, to show that
I'm not by any means alone in my opinion:

http://www.listener.co.nz

NZ's leading current affairs magazine.

This week's cover story, with "thumbs down" Stars'n'Stripes logo:
"The new Kiwi anti-Americanism: What's upping the anti?"

Same issue:
"On the outer: Why Americans are slipping in the worldwide popularity
polls."

"The new arms race: Those in the know say we are closer to nuclear
conflict than ever before."

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