User blog comment:CheesyCheese/Britain Keeps America/@comment-2159942-20120222213652/@comment-4727448-20120324014627

That's now. Before, everyone was mostly: "Aw, the British people? Let's make sure they don't have an empire anymore!"

The bottom line was, most Americans had deep hatred for Britain. After the older generations died, things started calming down and after both World Wars, we're pretty decent now.