[lepton]

i asked him what was the most stupid government he'd dealt with. Without hesitation, he said "The French."

That would be a large part of why the best equipped Army in the world gave up with a token fight when it was invaded...and why most of the country never even had to be invaded.

[MadIvan]

My father says that the French government has almost pathological behaviour - it does things uniquely for fear of any imitation of practices elsewhere. They believe that being unique, makes them ascendant - to adopt practices from Britain and America, no matter how reasoned, merited or logical - is anathema.

Regards, Ivan

[Atlantic Friend]

"That would be a large part of why the best equipped Army in the world gave up with a token fight when it was invaded...and why most of the country never even had to be invaded."

The "token fight" ended up with 200,000 French soldiers killed in action, and 100,000 civilians killed in the aftermath. Funny how when it comes to respecting those who fall against Nazism (and at a time when, may I add, actually fighting Nazism was a burden which fell under strictly European shoulders), some people think they can spit on those graves...