Almohada
Just for the record, there was a Saudi millonaire who sent a very generous donation (and I mean it, millions of dollars) when 9-11 to help the city of New York in those hard moments. Giuliani rejected harshly the money.
We all cried with you in those days, don`t be unfair. I don`t know anyone who ever says "they deserve it" or anything like that when an American GI dies in Irak.
As to the thread, I think the Spanish-bashing in these days simply reflects the internal politics of the US, rather than their opinion on Spaniars. Let`s face it, the average American knows little of Spain or Spanish politics, mainly because Spain is only one more country, and not an important one. There is nothing wrong on that. When an American says Spaniards are a bunch of cowards, I think he really means "Democrats are a bunch of cowards, vote for Bush"
On the other hand, leftists in America have been pouring the most flattering comments on Spain these days. See for example
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=33&ItemID=5163 You know what? Spain has been bashed for centuries, since Erasmus of Rotterdam first said "Hispania non placet" in the XVI century. The most common grounds for comtempt were that Spaniards are lazy, stupid, violent, cruel and not trustworthy.
But as far as I know, never to this day, no one ever accused the Spanish people of cowardice. That is why, apparently, no one feels too offended around here: we all know it is sheer BS.