First of all: All Germans have to say THANKS A LOT to the USA. In the eastern and the western part! We had a long time of peace in Europe only by having the Americans in Germany. No one knows, what happened if the russians came alone to Germany!
I'm not proud about the killing of millions of jews, that Hitler and my folk has done
I'm so sorry about the millions of dead people! And I'm not proud about my folk in the years 1933 'til 1945!
I hope, you guys are not proud about the millions of dead people in countries like Iraq, Vietnam or Somalia (I'm not talking about the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki). Otherwise it brings a bad light on you, guys
I was growing up in the eastern part of Germany. Under control of the russians. Under control of the Stasi (and yes: I guess, the U.S. Homeland Security is exactly the same!). I was 15 years old as the Berlin Wall fell. For other guys it was the "Cold War" 'til this time. For me it was peace.
I was 14 years old when I had my first TV (in the GDR!) and I also had a small terrestrial antenna. There was AFN-TV on channel 39 in West-Berlin. Well, it was black/white and w/o sound. But with a little trick I've received the audio of AFN-TV with help of a small transistor-radio. My first show from the U.S. was "Wheel of Fortune"
And I was a big fan of "The A-Team", "Knight Rider" and "The Dukes of Hazzard". I saw a lot of series like "The Fall Guy" (with Lee Majors), "MacGyver" (with R. D. Anderson) or "Starship Enterprise" with Spock and Kirk
That was so great! And I saw U.S. News LIVE on every damn day!!! THAT WAS SO GREAT!!!
I never have learned English by school. I had to learn the russian language
I only have learned English by TV and books.
But today we don't have AFN-TV anymore
We also have no more BFBS-TV (British Forces TV). We just have BBC WORLD over terrestrial antenna (digital - DVB-T). On satellite we just have the NBC Nightly News at 00:30 on CNBC Europe and the CBS Evening News live at 01:30 on SKY News. That's all. Sometimes CNN International brings CNN USA here in Europe. FAUX NEWS is encrypted again
THAT SUCKZ!
Yes ... I have to say "Thank you, America, for teach me in English!"