Come on yanks give it a rest

Rating: 3/10 (30 July 2000)

Oh dear those Americans are at it again showing themselves as great and good heroes while the rest of the world are evil bad guys. Like my fellow Australians I have a pretty laid back outlook on life and we look upon our American cousins with a mixture of mirth and curiosity.
We don't quite understand why Americans need to be constantly patting themselves on the back and heaping lots of self congratulations on each other. Perhaps its ego or maby their just a bit unsure under all the huff and puff.
The Patriot was American tripe at its worst. The poor downtrodden but true of heart Americans winning the war on Indipendence against the evil Brits. I think if I had to look at one more close up of Mels perfect family or one more slow motion scene on the then American flag being fluttered across the screen I would puke. Plus let's not forget how those pure of heart downtrodden heroes set about exterminating a few million native Americans a litter later down the track.
It seems that what history America actually does not have it either makes up or steals from others. U571 and Saving Private Ryan are great examples of America either winning world war 2 single handed ( hey what about the rest of us ) or taking the credit for others accomplishments ( the evil Brits actuall got hold of and broke the German code while you guys were still sitting at home )
Still truth and justice is the American way-----right ???