Beheaded

[karl k]

While I may seem to be a little insensitive here, I do have some questions that require a perspective you are uniquely qualified to answer.

First of all, let me tell you a little about me. I'm from Bosnia, a country that America brought piece to and gave $7.000.000.000 in foods and other funds to Bosnia and huge political efforts to stop the killing. I was 15 years old, my sister was 7 when the war started in 1992. Me, my mother and my sister were detained and tortured for months in a Serbian improvised camp in the suburbs of the capital, Sarajevo. We escaped after 2 months and fled to the territory controlled by our Army. While the entire European Community watched the genocide, the U.S was attempting to help us out.
In 1995, wonderful F-15 and F-16 jets destroyed the "camp" where I spent the worst time of my life. It was empty at that time, the people, mostly civilians have already been killed.
Had America just watched and stood by, I would probably be in the trenches fighting or dead. Without America, I most certainly wouldn't be able to devote myself to things like home theater and computers.

Before your world came crashing down in Bosnia, How were americans perceived?(in general, by the general population in the former republic)

If I recall my 90's media blast, we petitioned the EU to be the backbone of the relief for you guys for a substantial amount of time while you were asking for our direct involvement... How was america perceived at that time?

Did we conduct ourselves as professionals? Did we do all that was asked of us? Was there anything we could have done differently? Better?

I was concerned how the people would look at us after the tragedy.
Once I learned what Americans are like, I realized there was no need for such concern.
I admire Americans for the ability to skip the stereotypes and prejudice and just treat you like a human being that you are.

We are trying. Still have some issues, but we'll get there.

It's hard to understand everything that's going on and the media isn't helping at all. I'm pretty fluent in German so occasionally I see the news and opinions from over there, they aren't influenced by the U.S government like the U.S. media is.

How accurate would you say the media is outside the US about the involvement of the US in international politics? How does it compare to our media coverage in terms of perceiption?

Going through the last 50 years, you will see a lot of U.S. involvement all across the world. America, in case you forgot, is so powerful that when the U.S government "chooses sides" in a conflict, the party that is joined by the U.S will win, no doubt.
My point is this: Wars that the aggressor wins, these wars never end. They can be cooled down, but they never stop until the outcome is right. Look up the history, you will find plenty examples.

Concerning Iraq, are we considered the aggressor?

I do agree with Jeski, a more suitable moniker is in order.