[Hacksaw]

And indeed, the "XYZ" Affair got things off to a bad start.

The irony is that if is was not for the French, we would likely have lost the revolt against England.

[#3Fan]

The irony is that if is was not for the French, we would likely have lost the revolt against England.

Napoleon's wars must've used up a lot of France's brave genes, they ended on the battlefields throughout Europe and Egypt.

[Pharmboy]

It is ironic. General Washington actually danced a jig on the dock when the French Fleet under Adm deGrasse came into view in the Chesapeake thus blocking the Brits from leaving Yorktown.