[NCjim]

Are Germans really this pathetic?

No, but the liberal press is. First, note that only selected articles were translated. So the translated articles support the agenda of Der Spiegel. Their press is no different from ours.

One German I know continually criticizes their press - in her words, "We need to correct the picture of the United States here in Germany because I think we owe the US a lot and are in no position to critize."

But you do not see quotes from people like her in the press because it does not support their agenda.

[Archon of the East]

Yea your right, I sometimes forget there are good people everywhere just as the Leftist revolutionary controlled media is everywhere. The overwhelming onslaught of Anti-American propaganda on occasion makes people forget this.

[Paradox]

No, but the liberal press is. First, note that only selected articles were translated. So the translated articles support the agenda of Der Spiegel. Their press is no different from ours.

This bears repeating, we are too easily influenced by their media, especially when it fits our own views (that Europe sucks, is wimpy, hates us, unappreciative, yadda, yadda...).