Am I the only one who's realised that even though (or perhaps because of) greater involvement of the rest of the world (like the IOA) that Stargate has become even more jingoistic than ever?

Since I started watching it so many years ago, I always accepted that it's an American show and as such, takes a US-Centric view of the world (kinda like shows like Dr Who focus on the UK) but over the past few seasons I've become gobsmacked by the the level of bile the producers seem to have for most countries.

Other countries are portrayed as being inept at best, and at worst the devil incarnate (abusing alien technology for their own ends, in a way that the SG portrayal of Americans would never do)

The IOA are portrayed as being a set of snivelling weasels, constantly backbiting and bickering.

In the Anubis posession episode, O'Neils treatment of the new Russian atache (telling him he wouldn't be allowed offworld in a million years) had me rooting for the Russians!

I daresay this borders on blatent racism! :(
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