Kite Runner chapter 10&11

"Baba loved the idea of America" means that Baba agreed with the US policy especially, he liked Ronald Reagan. In page 125, Baba said to Amir,"There are only three real men in this world, Amir."The rest of them-" "-they are like gossiping old woman." He said America, Britten and Israel are the three country. This means that only the three country take action when something happen in the world. The other country will be just looking the event. Baba claims those real actions are necessary and admirable.
However, real life in America is different from the idea. He can't adjust the life in America. For example, he had conflict with a grocery store's owner with a difference of communication. First two sentence of page 125 suggest the differences between idea and reality very well. "Baba loved the idea of America. It was living in America that gave him an ulcer." The author uses italic for "idea" and said the life was stressful enough to get ulcer.
For me, as an international student, it was amazing for me that American people were very tolerance for other culture and religion. I thought American people are a little bit haughty toward others before I came here but they are very interested in other different culture and religion, and very enthusiastic to know about those.