tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post4042175192050830236..comments2024-03-27T09:35:16.920+03:00Comments on Desert Girl on Kuwait: How do Kuwaitis feel about Americans?Desert Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10654214615877870670noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-86877910064634105792016-12-18T04:23:50.096+03:002016-12-18T04:23:50.096+03:00Hello, i admire you being subjective about how Kuw...Hello, i admire you being subjective about how Kuwaitis feel about amercican, i think you covered the reasons relating to foreign policy and i think this post can be ongoing post, we can talk in more details about the segments of kuwaiti people, their religious beliefs or maybe political ideologies, some things has changed since 2012, i really dont know if you still follow up with this post but Husehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998326139944336212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-3742654823035161232016-08-25T01:29:02.841+03:002016-08-25T01:29:02.841+03:00Thank you for sharing your views. I am a Desert St...Thank you for sharing your views. I am a Desert Storm vet (I was in boot camp when the ground war started) and I'd love to visit Kuwait. I wanted to get a feel for how everything is. I want to start a Desert Storm Veterans tour package to Kuwait. There are plenty of Vietnam Veteran tour packages to Vietnam. I think one for Desert Storm Veterans is needed. <br />Thank you. Take care. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15216563869219030353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-47965071159280472592013-03-29T15:00:42.650+03:002013-03-29T15:00:42.650+03:00Your site is awesome and you show so much heart an...Your site is awesome and you show so much heart and wisdom.<br />I'm an American but I would like to say that I think Kuwaitis are very nice and I haven't felt any animosity from anyone so(2 1/2yrs). <br />I try my best to show respect, kindness, and gratefulness for the hospitality I'm given.<br />KGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03014921109514134373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-51469167913685028642012-10-16T16:47:51.867+03:002012-10-16T16:47:51.867+03:00Best schools In Kuwait,British Curriculum School K...<a href="https://epg.edu.kw/curriculuminfo.htm" rel="nofollow">Best schools In Kuwait</a>,<a href="https://epg.edu.kw/curriculuminfo.htm" rel="nofollow">British Curriculum School Kuwait</a>,<a href="https://epg.edu.kw/curriculuminfo.htm" rel="nofollow">Childs education Kuwait</a>English School In Kuwaithttp://www.epg.edu.kwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-77103004127597398692012-09-26T17:23:39.947+03:002012-09-26T17:23:39.947+03:00Such a sweet comment Chirp. <3Such a sweet comment Chirp. <3Expat and the Cityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15795529460413987359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-91566915692962216822012-09-25T13:12:13.838+03:002012-09-25T13:12:13.838+03:00I have been wanting to comment for awhile now on t...I have been wanting to comment for awhile now on this post but I have been too lazy to log in from my computer.<br />First off I would like to stay you can't really "love" a group of people (or hate them) unless you have lived with them. I personally love americans, every time I see them out and about in Kuwait I want to ask them for a hug.<br />I was 6 when the invasion happened, Chirphttp://boredq80.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-62703252864977413632012-09-23T10:43:51.319+03:002012-09-23T10:43:51.319+03:00Marius -
Your comment was so far off the mark on...Marius - <br /><br />Your comment was so far off the mark on what my post was about that I was reluctant to post it; however, I did, for no other reason than to answer it with the following.<br /><br />US forces have not been on a combat mission fighting for KUWAIT since 1991. (This post is about KUWAIT.) Troops were previously in Kuwait as logistics support to Iraq until the withdrawal in Desert Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10654214615877870670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-68833399894689164972012-09-23T09:42:54.791+03:002012-09-23T09:42:54.791+03:00From ...Peter Beinart-The U.S. Started the War in ...From ...Peter Beinart-The U.S. Started the War in Iraq. It’s Time to Finish It...Jul 30, 2012,Newsweek Magazine...<br /><br />"Want to know why the world so often distrusts America? Because we’re a nation of amnesiacs. Our leaders get all hyped up about the need to remake some country halfway across the world, a country whose political pathologies, we are told, violate American values and Mariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139434463846297764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-82485826157341961132012-09-23T06:48:52.154+03:002012-09-23T06:48:52.154+03:00I forgot to mention the part about Americans as &q...I forgot to mention the part about Americans as "good guys": This, again, is a perspective piece on a question I have been asked about how Kuwaitis feel about Americans; not "how do Americans feel about Kuwaitis" - that is for an entirely different post. However, I will add that I have American friends who try to integrate into society here and have Kuwaiti friends/form Desert Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10654214615877870670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-89634211531996553412012-09-22T19:40:48.521+03:002012-09-22T19:40:48.521+03:00VirtueS - well yes, this is my perspective and my ...VirtueS - well yes, this is my perspective and my opinion. <br /><br />I've been here for 16 years and walked up to more Kuwaitis than I can count. Yeah, you don't bite. However, it is sometimes hard for Westerners to make friends - or approach people - without knowing them; Especially when many Westerners are fed negative images by media, etc. <br /><br />I never stated that anyone Desert Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10654214615877870670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-19556711466694405902012-09-22T18:41:44.299+03:002012-09-22T18:41:44.299+03:00I am a Kuwaiti, and this is my personal opinion:
I...I am a Kuwaiti, and this is my personal opinion:<br />I think your post in some parts was a bit bias and made Americans seem like the "good guys" and my generation seem like the "spoiled and rude brats", which is a generalization we get too much. refering to what you said about an organization bringing together Kuwaiti's and Americans-why don't you go up to Kuwaiti'VirtueShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08001985392874824564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-63990777404172755182012-09-22T14:21:42.331+03:002012-09-22T14:21:42.331+03:00I saw the sticker of the x-ed US flag and the call...I saw the sticker of the x-ed US flag and the call to boycott USA. This was on a GMC.It was a bit ironical.<br /><br />I think rather than people on both sides getting defensive or going on the offensive, it is best to try to calm things down and think before one acts or says something hurtful.<br /><br />It's crazy the way people are getting hysterical over hearsay, rumours, or matters that jewairahttp://jewaira.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-8971827178468524792012-09-21T05:42:29.061+03:002012-09-21T05:42:29.061+03:00Well said DG. be careful over there.Well said DG. be careful over there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-21323041412926521482012-09-19T15:41:57.578+03:002012-09-19T15:41:57.578+03:00Calling to boycott goods happens everytime a count...Calling to boycott goods happens everytime a country/person related to that country/or disagreement between two countries happens. The funny thing is, while many call to boycott american products, they are doing so from their iPhones via Twitter and will all rush tonight at 8pm to download the latest American made software for their ipads/iphones and macbooks. <br />I don't think we as UmKhaloodiehttp://www.umkhaloodie.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-64059346876182816992012-09-19T14:03:49.134+03:002012-09-19T14:03:49.134+03:00Great info, after taking a picture of the US flag ...Great info, after taking a picture of the US flag with a big X on it and underneath it saying boycott I feel kind of threatened now. My husband is 40 and he was a teenager fighting during the invasion unlike a lot of them who ran away. He doesn't like to talk about it but I encourage him to let me write about it so that the event doesn't disappear one day. I got pulled over today by a Crazy in Kuwaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09438670456717426074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-32739674837033009322012-09-19T09:48:29.472+03:002012-09-19T09:48:29.472+03:00I was actually in an American fast food restaurant...I was actually in an American fast food restaurant and people came in and asked the workers if it was an American company , they answered YES and the people said they wouldnt buy from them and left. We asked the workers if it happened often and they said 'everyday'. This was right after america invaded Iraq, that restaurant isn't here anymore either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-20839251895632518152012-09-19T06:22:08.254+03:002012-09-19T06:22:08.254+03:00Good post, you are right about most of it. They so...Good post, you are right about most of it. They soon forget about the good stuff that happened to Kuwait by us, and now see us as the Middle East occupiers. I personally never project myself as an American while in Kuwait, for the safety of myself and my family. There may be some Kuwaitis who like us, but most don’t care or don’t like us, and would not help an American if they were getting F****dAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9375697.post-2320405956118350622012-09-18T14:41:40.567+03:002012-09-18T14:41:40.567+03:00your most eloquant post in a whileyour most eloquant post in a whileAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com