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Quote by: tusaki I will agree with you on that :) I will never claim that Americans are evil. Just that occupation forces in general are not really liked because they are... erh... occupation forces... |
Not in the case of Japan and Germany. In Japan we were their protective force against the Red Hords. In Germany we were providing their defense against the Soviets. I spent time in Germany and Austria. Many folks, especially in Austria thanked, me for my government's support. I met a lot of ex-Nazis in Austria (1975). One said to me, "In the next war we will fight the Russians together". :)
Our troops weren't always liked; to be sure. But, generally the countries that we were sent to protect appreciated what we did. In Germany they squeeled when we'd close an Air Force Base. They missed the money that our troops spent.