hardbodysub
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Well, that's just downright silly.
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The fact that we generally feel our past efforts to maintain the peace through the loss of hundreds of thousands of American lives is ignored and even rejected as a fiction makes it difficult for me to present information for the foreign markets without alienating my US, Canada, and South American Markets.
I think this is a problem purely in Kenny's own mind. There are two fictions in his statement.
First, "We generally" DON'T feel that way. The rest of the world, Europe in particular, has continually expressed its gratitude to the US role in WWI and especially WWII. It's the misguided, arrogant, pig-headed actions of the Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld gang that have really inflamed sentiments against us, even among our historically strongest allies in Europe.
Second, he's delusional if he thinks that the US, Canada and South American markets give a rat's ass about whether he presents information to customers in Europe. I can hear them now: "What? You're selling chastity belts to France? Forget it, then! We in Peru just won't stand for that! No chastity belts for us!"
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the fact is that there are deep bitter world feelings here that are not likely to change for decades. I know the healing process between the American people and nations such as France and Germany may not heal here in my lifetime.
Unless he's planning to kick the bucket today, this is already being proven wrong. Since the election of Obama, and the impending departure of Bush and his henchmen, people around the world are already waving American flags in respect, and looking toward us in hope that we will regain our moral leadership.
I'm sure there are pockets of Europeans who will continue to harbor resentment for blatantly atrocious actions by our country's leaders, just as there are pockets of people in the U.S. who fail to recognize how completely immoral and stupid some of those actions are. The deeply-rooted feelings of the devout anti-Americans aren't likely to change much, no matter what we do; neither are those of the insanely jingoistic Americans who refuse to acknowledge that their country has made mistakes. Those minorities can go on hating each other until Hell freezes over, but the rest of us, the "we generally", are already patching things up.
In the meantime, I'd suggest you just forget about Kenny's company if he doesn't want to sell to Europe. There are plenty of others out there.
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