IMO most people in South Africa support the USA as a country. The majority of people here probably support Obama not because they want to see the USA fail (Your bankers are currently doing that for you).They want to see a new government that is more open to ideas from the rest of the world and a goverment that does not try to enforce “it’s our way or the highway” type of attitude on it’s allies.
Remember, one mans “terrorist” is another mans “freedom fighter”. Nelson Mandela was regarded as a “terrorist” by most white South Africans before he was released from prison. This “terrorist” then became President of our country and is now loved and cherished by all South Africans.
We are all brain washed into believing certain ideas as we grow-up, but what I find a truly enlightening experience is discovering that your fears about a people or a religion or a country were unjustified.
Sure, there are bad evil individuals that live in our world but there are no bad countries, maybe just fearful, greedy leaders who rule unjustly over their people (North Korea, Zimbabwe).
If everybody just took off their blinkers they would see that we are not all that different from each other. One may drive a luxury SUV, the other ride a donkey with no saddle. :1Dialog: