Quote Originally Posted by UhOhXplode View Post
What really confuses me is why nobody ever discuesses "Ameriphobia". It's a scary place to live.
Haha, very inventive, but spot on.

I discuss it from time to time here.. And I am considerably more scared of the US, than Russia. Of course, back in the cold war days, the fear was more real - the nuclear war paranoia. Super powers blow eachother up, and takes all of Europe with them. Luckily that fear is long gone though. The modern fear isn't exactly on that level, it's just a slight feeling of being uncomfortable: I get that uncomfortable feeling from the US bases in Europe.

But here is why to be concerned:
Even though I don't even live there, the US is spying on my phone calls and email and internet usage. Because of the US, certain websites are blocked. They can just turn up anywhere in the world, and kidnap people they don't like, as happened to several Russian citizens, and countless Middle Easterners. If you label somebody a terrorist, then suddenly the person no longer has any legal rights and America can do whatever it likes with him; murder him and his family in a drone attack right in their house. Kidnap him or just turn up and execute him.

I currently live in a country that is effectively under US occupation. There are at least 15 US bases here in the UK including nuclear equipped. The UK could never effectively stand up against the USA if it wanted, as long as these bases are here on British soil.

Even protesting outside US bases, is an offense that can lead to a prison sentence.

That said, I wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of Russia either. But whatever they do wrong they usually reserve for their own citizens and try to keep within their own borders. But I'm not denying that seriously annoying Russia probably isn't a good idea either.

But in a comparison, to me, the US is considerably scarier.

-- unbelievable how much rubbish the Germans are putting up with, from the US. Two spies revealed in one week! NSA spying and the whole country littered with US bases. Don't they have any national pride or dignity?