"But what have they done lately?"
Got themselves ranked highly on this list, for one. Been our ally, for another.
I understand the negative feelings many have for France.
I'm at quite a loss, about why so many on this board find such glee with being negative about just about everybody, and just about every place, just about all the time.
Been our ally? You've got to be kidding. Chirac promised Powell that he was going to support us on the vote re: Iraq, then stabbed us in the back the next day. They've been pulling that knife out and stabbing us over and over since then.
France may have done some things we asked them to do, but they were small things and only those that would benefit them in some way. They are hardly our ally.