Well, we liberated Europe twice in the last century from the combination of their own militaristic follies and cowardly appeasement.
They're not REALLY our friends/allies now, are they?
I find it amusing that the French, in particular, are always quick to deflect criticism of their anti-Americanism with reminders of how Lafayette helped us during our revolution......
Yet they conveniently FORGET things like Omaha Beach.
"Well, we liberated Europe twice in the last century from the combination of their own militaristic follies and cowardly appeasement...They're not REALLY our friends/allies now, are they?...I find it amusing that the French, in particular, are always quick to deflect criticism of their anti-Americanism with reminders of how Lafayette helped us during our revolution...Yet they conveniently FORGET things like Omaha Beach."
Part of my point exactly. Everyone is looking out for themselves and maybe it's time we do the same -- to our benefit and maybe the rest of the world's, which needs to grow up and stop looking us to solve all its problems. The rest of the world desperately needs to mature and by intervening as we have, we're arguably getting away of that messy, perhaps, but necessary process. I'm just not sure it's getting us anywhere and the evidence of that is getting stronger by the day.
Careful: If you visit Caen or any of the communities nearby, and people identify you as an American, you'll be treated like royalty. Not all the French forget what we did in Normandy.