Well,
you are partially right, and I have to agree if I 
was an Israman (what IS that?) and labeled an 
American, Id be sort of put off. Im an Amreican, 
and even I am ashamed to tell people that these 
days ^_^;;  I hope that changes soon...we're not 
all pigs who hate the rest of the world you 
know... 9_9;.  

But, I also feel Americans, as a people, are 
unfairly judged by the rest of the world 
SOMEtimes.  There are all walks of life here, we 
ARE a melting pot of nationalities.  Not all of 
us are fat, weird, arrogant, or dumb.  Anime has 
opened the door for Americans to learn a lot 
about Japanese culture, and hence cultivate a new 
appreciation for the country and it's people. 
Forgive my saying so, but most world news seems 
to come out of a handful of economically sound 
countries, America and Japan being in that 
handful.  I know people from all over the world, 
hell, my dad is from South Africa, my boyfriend's 
family is German, my best friend is from Spain, 
the other from Mexico City, and his family is 
from Israel.  Helloooo, melting pot...  America 
is more a state of mind than a place.  We got em 
all here, so it's not very fair to judge us all 
as fat stinking lumps...even tho types like that 
are really prevalent, AND for some reason, 
they're the most obnoxiously "patriotic".  
Shame.  No one interviews the rest of us for the 
world to see... :\  They always pick Joe Bob down 
in pigtown, who is always waving his stars and 
stripes around like a big rifle.