[schaketo]

Froma Harrop (fharrop@projo.com) is a columnist for the Providence Journal. Here’s what I just emailed her:

Read your screed (Time to stop bashing french) this morning in the Philadelphia Inquirer admonishing us, the unwashed to give the frogs a big hug. Have you joined Woody Allen and his wife/daughter on the french payroll?

Perhaps I can help you and the french understand the PERMANENT change in U.S. sentiment:

1. french President Jacques Chirac, personally helped Iraq begin its nuclear program.
2. france assisted China in shipping raw materials for chemical weapons to Iraq through Syria.
3. french security services helped suppress opposition groups seeking to depose Saddam Hussein.
4. The french had supplied Iraq with precision switches for nuclear weapons.
5. french companies had resupplied Iraq with spare parts for fighter jets on the eve of the March 2003 invasion. Intelligence reports indicated that Iraq was able to obtain French military spare parts for its Mirage jets and Gazelle attack helicopters in violation of U.N. sanctions.
6. The french helped Iraqi officials escape U.S. capture by issuing them EU passports. The passports allowed the Iraqis to evade detection by U.S. military and intelligence agencies because they were EU travel documents.
7. Intelligence officials said France attempted to conclude an oil deal with Saddam's government days before U.S. military action began March 19.
8. french anti-aircraft weapons smuggled into Iraq prior to the war, the Roland 3 batteries, and Roland 5 shoulder-fired anti-air missiles. Reports have still not been denied that these systems were stamped '2002 date of manufacture.'
9. The french peddled disinformation against the Americans before the war -- this is a war for oil, Resolution 1441 does not authorize military action, George Bush is "cowboy," etc. -- at the very least, they now deserve some of their own.

Those countries who stood against us before the Iraq War are responsible for EVERY life lost in Iraq -- whether the lives be coalition lives or Iraqi lives. france, more than any other country, is responsible for all the deaths of our warriors.

I and thousands of other thinking Americans will find your collusion disgusting. The french have American blood on their hands and it won’t wash off any time soon.<

[TheGeezer]

A very good post!

[cincinnati65]

Good post. Considering all the talk of "reparations" 138 years after the end of the War of Northern Aggression, and in light of the fact that it's only been 8 months since the French stonewalled us at the UN, I would say we're just getting started.

[Malesherbes]

Shaketo said it all so well that I can think of nothing to add except this: Only once has France been our ally - during the Revolution - and that was the France of Louis XVI. The French then chopped Louis' head off, and it has all been downhill ever since.

[Dudoight]

Three Cheers for you,well done!

[Puppage]

You left out how the french (LOVE, how ya NEVER capitalizsed) proactively tried to get the African nations to vote against us by sending a french emissary there.Or, did I miss it? Any way. Nice letter...bet ya don't hear a peep outta her.

[Flightdeck]

Nice post. I'll add a personal anecdote as to why I'm not inclined to forive and forget just yet. My wife was in Paris, and two Frenchmen tried to rape her and her sister. Nuff said

[MightyMouseToSaveThe Day]

Excellent, shaketo! well said. The author makes it sound like we're throwing a childish temper tantrum as opposed to having legitimate reasons to boycott french goods. I cannot stand it when liberals use an anecdote about one person (usually friend or acquaintance) to illustrate an entire country's feelings. they are so clueless and disingenuous (I mean, who cares that her French foreign exchange student friend is driven nuts by cowboy Bush; this is important how?).