[Redcoat LI]

"France will never forget," Chirac said. "It will never forget those men who made the supreme sacrifice to liberate our soil, our native land, our continent, from the yoke of Nazi barbarity and its murderous folly. Nor will it ever forget its debt to America, its everlasting friend."

Two-faced lying weasel S.O.B.

[Lukasz]

Little fragment, How FEW French “friends” “fought” in Normandy: >http://www.nwha.org/news_2Q2003/news_page5.html

“In another case a French Division, under the command of Patton, ignored orders and used a highway designated for an advancing American division. The ensuing confusion set the Americans back for most of a day, and allowed the feisty Germans to greatly strengthen their defences in the area. Later the same French Division was within site of the gallant 1st Polish Armoured Division fighting for its very existence near Chambois. Instead of helping their ally, the French turned east and headed for Paris much to the chagrin of the Poles. It seems the glory of liberating Paris was more important than saving the lives of Polish Allies and defeating the enemy.”

[Gritty]

...Colleville-sur-Mer, where 9,387 fallen U.S. fighters are buried

Maybe this is just a pet peeve of mine, but since when are American servicemen refered to as "fighters"?

Isn't this some kind of a new word which has crept in which is meant to level everybody with a gun and a bitch to the same level and is used daily to dignify non-uniformed terrorists and Muslim fanatics?

That word puts American Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines in the same genre as Iraqi Baathist "fighters", Palestinian "fighters", Afghan "fighters", Al Qaeda "fighters", etc.

As far as I am concerned, this is a complete insult!

I was never a U.S "fighter". I was always a proud member of the United States Armed Forces!