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French ambassador uses Pearl Harbor Day to blast U.S. for betraying France in 1930s
Washington Times ^

Posted on 12/07/2017 4:05:16 PM PST by ameribbean expat

Gerard Araud tweeted Thursday afternoon that “In this Pearl Harbor day, we should remember that the US refused to side with France and the UK to confront the fascist powers in the 30s.”

Mr. Araud deleted the tweet within a few minutes, though not before it had been screen-captured.

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To: ameribbean expat
Gerard Araud tweeted Thursday afternoon that “In this Pearl Harbor day, we should remember that the US refused to side with France and the UK to confront the fascist powers in the 30s.”

Huh? France, politically speaking, was a disaster in the 1930s. Governments came and went so quickly it was hard to keep track of whom was in power and rarely did one last a year, some only a matter of days. If they had offered only token resistance when the Germans reoccupied the Rhineland the German forces would have skedaddled.

And then when the shooting war did begin, the French were quite content to sit behind their Maginot Line and simply wait for the Germans to attack.

I just don't think their heart was in it for a second go-round. And after the casualties of the First World War, maybe there is some justification there.

21 posted on 12/07/2017 4:13:38 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: ameribbean expat

Definitely, up yours, France.
We lost a lot of good men, my grandfather and a couple of uncles, liberating their sorry azzes.....twice!!! Maybe we should have just let Krauts have their way with them and the Brits back in the 40s.
Hey, Gerard Araud when, not if, you idiots start screaming for deliverance from the muzzle head choppers, you can go kiss our yankee azzes, you socialist froggy thankless POS.


22 posted on 12/07/2017 4:15:01 PM PST by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: Lisbon1940
The Hitler-Stalin pact was in effect. The US communists were all in favor of staying out of the war, until Hitler attacked Stalin in June 1941. In August, the US embargoed oil exports to Japan (we supplied 80% of their oil at the time) leaving Japan little choice but to attack us before they ran out of oil.

Meanwhile the French communists made sure that Stalin's ally Hitler strolled right in.

23 posted on 12/07/2017 4:15:30 PM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: ameribbean expat

France had a BIGGER army and much better tanks than the Germans...

Idiot generals though.


24 posted on 12/07/2017 4:15:48 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: ameribbean expat

By all means we should helped the French pick up their rifles after dropping them...


25 posted on 12/07/2017 4:17:13 PM PST by Popman (My sin was great, Your love was greater  What could separate us now…)
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To: fso301
And when Hitler went into Poland leaving a wide exposed flank, what did the French do?

Training maneuvers. Soldiers! Arms up! Arms down. Arms up! Arms down. Arms up!

26 posted on 12/07/2017 4:17:32 PM PST by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: ameribbean expat
Hey surrender monkey. We apparently have our own fascist problem right now and we don't see you steppin' up. 👹🍿🍻🖕🏻
27 posted on 12/07/2017 4:17:32 PM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: 2banana

“...Idiot generals though....”

I thinking more on the line; “idiots in general” though....LOL


28 posted on 12/07/2017 4:18:13 PM PST by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: gaijin
Yeah, because apparently we suck. Or something.🤔
29 posted on 12/07/2017 4:19:26 PM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: sparklite2

WWII was started on June 28 1919 . Stupid French wanted to punish and recoup costs and sewed the seeds of another war.


30 posted on 12/07/2017 4:19:35 PM PST by wgmalabama
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To: gaijin

When the front was collapsing, Churchill begged the French government to move to North Africa with their fleet and as much of the army as they could take to continue the fight. Instead, the government surrendered to Germany and installed the collaborationist and fascist Vichy regime. So much for “confronting fascism,” eh France?


31 posted on 12/07/2017 4:21:18 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: ameribbean expat

He should be sent home to France. We don’t need that kind of ambassador here.


32 posted on 12/07/2017 4:23:26 PM PST by falcon99
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To: Arm_Bears

Also finished a canal they failed at and
Stupidly took over their failing efforts in
Vietnam.


33 posted on 12/07/2017 4:24:01 PM PST by jonose
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To: wgmalabama

Versailles has been called the roadmap to WWII. I agree with that. France deserved what she got.


34 posted on 12/07/2017 4:24:08 PM PST by sparklite2 (I hereby designate the ongoing kerfuffle Diddle-Gate.)
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To: ameribbean expat; Impy; GOPsterinMA; fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy; stephenjohnbanker; ...

Ahh, the Frenchies....always good to hear the Cheese-Eating Surrender Monkey faction complaining about America.

Why did the French plant so many trees in Paris?
So the Germans could march in the shade.

Maybe American GIs shouldn’t have worn condoms with French Hookers ... they could have injected some manhood back into the French.

Another country letting themselves be overrun - again.


35 posted on 12/07/2017 4:24:33 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Bryanw92

Your point “b” makes me think of people like my great grandmother who immigrated here from Norway then ended up having 4 of her American born sons drafted to fight a European war. Even moving half a world away wasn’t enough.

My mom said Grandma H. was absolutely set against socialism and fired many letters off to FDR warning him of its evils. Different times!


36 posted on 12/07/2017 4:25:03 PM PST by NorthstarMom
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To: ameribbean expat

Guess what, We’re not helping you in the Muslim WWIII either.


37 posted on 12/07/2017 4:26:01 PM PST by panzerkamphwageneinz
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To: ameribbean expat

Yo, Vichy? Where were you in opposing the fascist powers in the 1940s?

Suck it, surrender monkey.


38 posted on 12/07/2017 4:26:02 PM PST by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: ameribbean expat

Next time, we let the Kaiser keep it.


39 posted on 12/07/2017 4:26:53 PM PST by Reverend Wright (The CBC: Deceiving Canadians since 1936.)
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To: ameribbean expat

Kick the f*er out. Right now.


40 posted on 12/07/2017 4:27:17 PM PST by samtheman (Liberalism is a mental disease.)
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