Marjane Satrapi has a great hand-illustrated piece in the New York Times about perspectives on the U.S. in modern day France:
http://satrapi.page.nytimes.com/b/a/222825.htm
From the column:
"Defending America may not be as normal for me, but it is also almost a duty. I do it for all the Americans I know who ... prefer culture and dialogue to the violence of war."