tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post4755404066508905546..comments2023-07-14T03:26:19.215-07:00Comments on The Iceman: Sexy AmericansThe_Icemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16887740772649135851noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573500847704693761.post-36243152481740994502009-11-23T15:50:35.884-08:002009-11-23T15:50:35.884-08:00"But I suppose that ugly label came from that..."But I suppose that ugly label came from that book about how Americans are ugly on the inside, are evil, rape the world, wantonly destroying less developed nations, etc."<br /><br />I think that this caricature of Americans is a belief attributed to people who are also, caricatured. Straw men.<br /><br />I assume you are referring to the book: "The Ugly American"<br /><br />I thought it wasn't so much an attack on the moral character of individual Americans as a criticism of American Foreign Policy in S.E. Asia after WWII. And quite frankly, I think there was much that could be justly criticized. <br /><br />But the hero of the book, the ugly American, is just that: an American who is, physically, ugly. But he sees the problems with the policies generated by the elite, and cares about the common people. And he is interested in helping them because it would help fight communism...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com