Yep, they sure liked it.
The above is an expression we use a lot in my own country (Romania): "Our country is great, too bad it's inhabited".
It can easily be extended to any country, imho. :)
I've heard the expression (in Spanish), but referring to the particular people living there (and other countries). "America is great, too bad it's full of Americans" (change to any country that you want to mock)
