Jim Lane > wrote in message >...
> Precisely the point I raised in my first post. Anyone who has travelled
> internationally and paid attention (I'll admit sometimes the clues are
> very subtle or abstract), would start to catch the drift. Those of us
> along the border can see it happening daily.
>
> I agree with your accessment of Karen. This sub-thread has been an
> exception to her normal demeanor.

Ew you irk me.

I have been paying attention to the TV and news stations while I have
been at home sick with the flu. CNN reports a Pakistani newspaper
referring to "the Americans...," and more. Whether the BBC or the
International Channel, American term is clear. I am not wrong with
this, that "American" identifies someone from the USA. However, the
closer I look, the term, when used by non-Americans, is usually used
in an unflattering way. While calling someone American, or referring
to America, it many times is not as polite as I wish it would be.

I'm certain the "beheaded American" was clearly intended and reported
as an American by those Iraqis (or whoever they were under those
hoods).

Karen