Highwaystar, I'm sorry if anyone in this thread upset you, but you really should calm down before you get in trouble. The post wasn't very long and in it was one error and one condescending comment. Couple that with a bunch of useless pictures and you have a thread pretty much asking to be ripped apart.

You're right, they percieve themselves as superior to the rest of us.

IMO, Europe/Britain/EU are going to gain superiority sooner or later. And I think they'll  handle this power much better than Amercia, which has abused it. From what I've seen, Europe is much more in favour of peace and doesn't interfere with other countries' matters

But there are more than one country.

It's not this thread it's been building up for a few weeks, that was me boiling over. It was one comment in this thread by a member who always slags off my country and treats me like I'm mental when I defend that set me off. I've just stopped trying now.

Don't worry, us Americans hate the French too.

as opposed to imperialistic nations that use there money to build a huge military whilst failing to provide basic healthcare to many of its own citizens?

I agree. There are a few fascists/racists/nationalists who piss me off too. A few are joking most of the time but some are serious and just won't accept it if you defend your country.

SciFi, you want to give an example of history that follows your description there?

why should i? mafoo didnt?

but as you asked, i was thinking of the US, you have a huge military but charge you poorest civilians for healthcare, my point is, people in glass houses should not throw stones

Wow, the problem is that European Union is not working as a single economy, this organisation obviously ties those economies yet there are so many differences beetween nations states no once could consider EU as a single economy.

To name a few (cause its late):

-Euro is only a currency in 16 nation states
-There is a huge economic difference beetween states from Former Eastern Bloc (Poland , Hungary, Latvia) and those from the "old" Europe; France, UK or Germany
All those countries benefit differently from common agricultural policy for example
-There is a single market, but there is stiff competition within it.

Plus Europe will never become Unified like the United States, i think it is a bit naive to believe in it. Too many cultural, language, ethnic and historical differences have been beetween the countries, and still are. Plus i dont think that majority of us Europeans would like any more unified Europe (european parliament does not really exert much influence on Goverments, it has authority but rarely uses it). Constitution was rejected recently as well.

European Union is not doing as well as some people might think.