Anyone else here p*ssed off with the growing USA vs. UK vibe?

Question

I am British, but I have visited America, met a lot of Americans abroad, and had American friends on my home turf. I have found them to be very nice, polite and well-mannered, both the ladies and gentlemen, and by-and-large very well educated.

Now I know this is of course not representative of the whole US population (an observation that works both ways, of course), but do we really have to lay in to each other so much? Our nations are allies, have been since the Independence.

Isn't it sad when we're at war together in the Middle East (justified or not), with very few other friends, and yet we have to bicker between ourselves? It verges on pathetic.

The total lack of respect for our nation's war veterans (particularly as far as WW2 is concerned) on this site is sickening; the Americans saved us, no they didn't, yes they did etc etc.

Can't we just accept that tens of millions of our guys, girls and children died so we could slander them 60 years on?

Let's get along?

Answer 1

I agree COMPLETELY!!!!! The two are more alike than either side wants to think.

Answer 2

Get over it were just having the crack....
Well the most of us are....
You get insular people on both sides of the pond.
im English and have worked and lived all over the USA and have a wife and son who are American jews and yet i still sometimes enjoy a banter with our colonial cousins on here, yet as you, ive found most Americans to be sound people and after all they can no more be responsable for there goverments antics as we can at the moment................

Answer 3

yes it really annoys me to it brings out the worst elements of both races and is very childish. i Like most of the Americans that i have met. They don't call them our American cousins for nothing we have too much in common to argue

Answer 4

Hey,Bro.We can disagree and still be mates.My family came from the UK ,but I still know We had to enter WWI to pull you out of a jam.We constantly had to save Montgomery,everywhere he went ,from Sicily to Germany in WWII.It's just a fact.The British soldiers were marvelous but the officers were only so-so.Reagan even had to help you in the Falklands war.So we are militarily better than you,so what.You guys have the Beatles and Yorkshire Pudding and that makes us even.God Bless Canada and Australia too!