At the moment Denmark is being sued for handing over war-prisoners to USA. Denmark claims it did not know USA used torture.
Denmark have been kissing up to USA a lot since the war started, to a point where Denmark have lost more soldiers per capita than any other country (Obviously USA have lost the most soldiers overall).
He just really really wants a big strong friend...
I have visited the USA. Despite how great Obamacare sounds to Europeans, (enlightened socialist caring for the poorest) the carefully -planned infrastructure just isn't there; the whole society would have to be geared to it and America (frightened of anything "socialist") doesn't understand how carefully the entire system must be to work. So Obama & company said "Presto, instant medical coverage for everybody" and thinks like magic it's going to work. As a matter of fact, Obambacare is a disaster which destroyes the rather decent systems many individual states had quietly set up on their own to help the poor. All it does is make many people unable to afford insurance any more; enrich the insurance companies; and drive doctors crazy with more bureaucracy (so that as many as possible are retiring early). Fewer students want to take on the debt of going to medical school because of the hassle of working under the new system, which is nightmarish because invented by politicians who know nothing of medicine.
@Danelaw that is so brilliant! Now I finally understand why it's become such a mess. I hate my new healthcare, as much as I wanted Obama to be awesomest.
@Danelaw Britian has 61 million people. Over here in The United States we have THREE HUNDRED million people. Imagine trying to set up the infrastructure to get healthcare to ALL of them, within four years, all while one of the two major political parties do try to stop you every step of the way (and they fight dirty too).
That Obama got ANYTHING done at all is itself impressive.
@PaxRomana Too right. The ACA saved our hide. Hubby got laid off, and paying for the company insurance via COBRA is horrendously expensive ($2000/mo), so continuing reasonable insurance coverage through ACA was very affordable. Consider also I have pre-existing conditions that have me disabled.
in america, everyone always says we never use torture because its horrible and illegal on the deepest level, a thing only bad countries do, not america, because america is great and good. =/
i always felt like america had more in common with north korea than with even canada.
sigh. 'some is better than none,' right? -_-
@kier true we kinda act like North Korea when someone talks bad about the USA and a lot of other things which kinda bugs me and also using military force for every thing so yea