Americans and Non-Americans, What is Your Opinion on the United States of America in General

[kopstudent89]

Unfortunately living in the Middle East we haven't had a great relationship with America. However, I have visited New York before and have to say the citizens are great with a lot of friendly people compared to other cities. Everyone who lives there loves it, and a lot of them being Arab Muslims. As a community, and I know no community is perfect, it's friendly and diverse (maybe not in every state but on the whole it is) .

Unfortunately it's how you judge America within its borders vs outside its borders. The government is pretty nosey. It's not the only country that is mind you, and political games are played by many countries including our countries in the Middle East, but their influence is by far the largest especially in our region. Their support for regimes like Saudi for instance is something that has had bad repercussions in our region, and frankly disgraceful in how they supposedly promote democracy and freedom of speech. I won't say that everything they do is bad, but more or less it is calculated which is why people are wary of them in my parts of the world. Again not just an American thing but their position as the super power of the world allows them to be the most influential.

I do like it as a whole, and I am engrossed in the politics and the culture, and it seems like a good place to live in. I love the music that comes out from there, the diversity of the people and yes it's not perfect but I always say that it has to do a lot with people bringing up these issues when in other parts of the world it's kept locked in a closet.

So I'm just judging it as an outsider, I'm not in a position to judge what happens inside your borders as much as the people who live in it, but it is a good country to live in from what I can see. I think managing to contain a huge territory with many ethnicities and turning it to the most influential country in the world is something to admire and respect.