Good point.. But I also have experienced the animosity 1st hand while serving in Germany for 3 years. But, the problems were with the younger generations, just as it is here for other countries and cultures. The older people loved us over there. Many of the older people said it was because the younger people don't know their history, or worse, how it is to live in a communist rule. Many of the older people in Germany lived through the WWII, and Hitler's rule, and knew that life, and also now knew freedoms they didn't have as kids. The younger people's ingnorance is what caused allot of the animosity problems. I even had this kid I am talking about say (and you won't believe this level of ignorance, lol) "I just can't understand them. They should speak English.. " hahah.. I laughed out loud over that one. I told him that it was us American's that don't speak proper English, and we were the ones that butchered that language beyond belief. I asked him "What language are they speaking in England, if it is not English? Ironic how the country has a similar title as our language.." he didn't have allot to say about that.. i think he realized how stupid of a comment that was.. hahhah..
But anyway.. In my experience, the issues stem from the younger people on both sides of the pond..
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