I'd say that America is even more aggressive than either Russia or China when it comes to spreading propaganda. Russians and Chinese are more willing to accept

I'd say that America is even more aggressive than either Russia or China when it comes to spreading propaganda. Russians and Chinese are more willing to accept state control that limits some of their rights as that's the political system they are familiar with. Thus, the Russian and Chinese government can get away with a lot more "dictatorial" stuff than the US can. Their propaganda methods thus aren't as refined, as they are used to using state power to achieve their political goals. The Americans however need to be more refined with their propaganda because their democracy limits them from abusing state power. A good example is when a Russian politician told NATO that Russia is very serious about it's goals in Ukraine and are even willing to sacrifice more than 300,000 soldiers for it. Where as America continues to be scarred even today by the backlash it faced during the Vietnam war decades ago (and more recently, criticism about its failure in Afghanistan) that it can no longer indulge in the kind of military adventurism it used to do in the past, and needs to do even now to preserve its superpower status. And ofcourse, the way America's capitalist system ties its private enterprises to the heart of its government - the so called military-industrial complex - it's easy to pretend that any propaganda isn't "state" sponsored, whereas the reality is that it is. (The only difference is that because of its democratic system, the US government can't exercise absolute control and is forced to work with corporates to push its agenda knowing that the corporates can turn against them too). (And note that even in Europe, BBC and DW are much better at their jobs than any Russian or Chinese owned media). As for the Quran burning, I am not debating the legality of the protest. I am just highlighting that for all the public hue and cry made about joining NATO, Swedish politicians don't seem to be acting with the seriousness that should be given to an issue of national security. Some may say that the easiest explanation is that the Swedish politicians are stupid. I don't believe that. Either they have made a backdoor deal with Russia (received some guarantees for their security) or genuinely believe that it is in their best political interest to remain "neutral".