Originally Posted by smilingassassin

Why do I get the sneeking suspicion that if 15 American Sailors/Marines were captured the general opinion of the world comunity would be that "the U.S. was asking for trouble"?

Would we see the world comunity rally behind their release?

...and I don't say this to make our British freinds look bad, far from it, I think we should back them in this issue 110%, but would we continue to see the "Anti-Americanism" that seems to be rampant in this world today?