Hey Cristobo,

I can't understand how any foreigner can criticize the U.S. Let's not forget that totil started off by criticizing the U.S. He seems to think that we are undergoing some sort of an "American Inquisition" here. I have never heard the president here described as particularly religious. Again, in Europe, you must be seeing a different side to our country than we see here. The media over here never even shows President Bush going to church, although I'm sure he does.
All the same, I regret that I considered Iceland some sort of backwater socialist state where everyone lives off the dole and producers are taxed in a punitive way, in other words, without freedom. And, as a matter of fact, I am still surprised that it isn't. I'd heard that during the Cold War, they sympathized with the U.S.S.R., which really wasn't such a bad idea, since they are so close to it.
If someone doesn't want their country criticized, then please don't so blatantly criticize the U.S. Some Americans just don't appreciate this.