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woof · Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 17 Location: Indiana

Are there countries a prudent American would be wise to avoid right now? (During the Vietnam War some people considered it safer to say they were Canadian.)

stillnosheep · Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 2068 Location: eslcafe

I wouldn't fancy Iraq much at the moment if I were an independent US traveller...

Americans the worldover are already claiming to be Canadian and/or covering their back(packs) with the Canadian flag.

expatben · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:56 am Post subject:

Remindes me of an American I knew in France. He told me the last time he was there was 2003 when the war started and he had endure people comming up to him asking how his country could do this...as if he personally declared war!

angrysoba · Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 446 Location: Kansai, Japan

expatben · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:17 am Post subject:

I think its unfair...other nations do bad things but its only the American people who suffer because of what their government does. I agree though, the French complaining about the US government is rich...

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

It's my observation that as an American, you'll catch far more grief from your English-speaking co-workers than from any of the locals.

tedkarma · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 12:46 pm Post subject:

I think there is always a bit of anti-Americanism (even before the Iraq problem) from our European relatives.

The most pro-American place I have ever been (and lived) was Taiwan.

The most anti-American place was Korea.

I don't know that there is specifically anywhere you need to avoid - except maybe the Maoist rebels in Nepal . . .

Cdaniels · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 2:12 pm Post subject: Pro-American Polish People

The native Poles I've met have been surprisingly pro-American, and the Polish government is very supportive of the US.

I'm sure someone will make a joke out of that Confused

bhog · Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 22 Location: KCMO

As someone who hasn't lived abroad before, and considering S. Korea, I'm curious as to how often one has to deal with this? Daily? Are a large percentage of S. Koreans openly hostile? I'm assuming it's pretty prevalant if people from the US feel the need to pack a Canadian flag before they go.

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

You might pick a different flag for S. Korea. Canadians have been getting a sour rap there the last little while.

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