Hello Everyone !
I am from Greek / Polish descent. I think I have the best of both worlds !! And a common history
Wow, and I thought my half Greek half Polish ethnicity were a rarity. I have met several on this forum already.
As for your statement, you're wrong. You can't generalize a population like that. The Greek disporia here in the US is huge, and all the Greek-American's I have met love their country very much. As for the Greeks in Greece, I have been to Greece many times and have seen none such. English is required to be learned in the school system and almost everyone there was speaking it, not to mention that according the The Economist Pocket Figures of 2009, Greece was a surprising third in rank of the country most travelled to by tourists in Europe by Americans. Much better than the fifth of last year. As for the people, the politicians are very well related. Do you know how much money the US has funded to Greece through the EU and NATO? The US has given us not only tons of domestic products but also tons of military technologies. Half our arsenal of fighter planes, vehicles, and some naval warfare are American made; along with tons of other consumer products that I saw when i went there.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_Greece
Not only that the US has built many bases both on the islands of Greece and in Greece. Along with three embassies.
As for your generalizing fact, there's people in every country that dilike America, and as previous posters have said what the government thinks isn't necessarily what the public thinks.
I have met many Poles whom aren't pro-America in a sense, (except for those in the US, just like the Greeks). It depends on a variety of things, and as much as I don't want to say it, the US has unfairly helped Greece MUCH more than it has Poland in terms of trade and diplomacy.
However, here's an observation. The Greek's seem to get along better with the British. Being that they seem to have more governmental trade with the UK, and there are Greeks within the government of the UK. Not to mention that Greek disporia there is massive compared to the porportions with the US. Same goes for Russia. The Russians and British have built many more bases in Greece than have the Americans. Why? I couldn't tell you. Also, the Russian and British disporia in Greece is much more massive than that of the Americans living there.