"Gary L. Dare" wrote in message
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> Frank F. Matthews wrote:
>
> > While there is a fair amount of animosity toward the weirdoes in
> > Washington I've found little Anti Americanism outside of the self
> > defined elites of the world. MOst folks repeat all sorts of things and
> > really don't believe them. By and large the world is a friendly place
> > and folks go out of their way to help travelers.
>
> I was at the IP SOC 2004 conference in Grenoble, France
> and a lot of US attendees were wary about how they'd be
> treated. Overall: superb. The only incident that I had
> heard was an American Republican who had a bit too much
> red wine at L'Epicurean restaurant and imposed his views
> (in English) on other diners. Diplomacy won't be one of
> his second career choices ...
Oh, I don't know, maybe he could be our ambassador to the U.N. ;-)
Jeff
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