That's because Americans generally have no fucking clue what's really happening anywhere else. Many Americans have no fucking clue Spain is even in Europe. They think because we speak spanish we must be down there with Mexico somewhere. They are amazed when they find out Spain has blonde haired green eyed people. Americans don't know fuck all about the world outside their borders and all the fucking we're number one bullshit all the while killing people around the world makes the rest of the world want to vomit.