It's a different culture. I can fathom why Belgians would not have such ideas as even you've said yourself you lot are not very patriotic. The negative side of the American mentality is our citizens will always believe we are "right" with our actions because they become confused in supporting the troops and supporting the government, usually tending to support both. That sort of person is what you'd call an imbecile... we have many of those, and they happen to frequent Nascar races.