[Arkinsaw]

Whoo hoo! The U.S. Excrement List is in full force! I would have thought France would be a charter member though...

France has made whiny noises in the last few days. I think we have hopes of peeling them away from Schroeder at the last minute. A pretty good bet actually. The Germans are out on a limb with the French. Would anyone be willing to bet that the French will stay loyal and brave to their German allies?

Nope. Germany could well find itself all alone out on that limb about 5 minutes before the war starts. They should know by now not to ever count on the French to stand firm.

[Atchafalaya]

Hey , check it out. 1. The French never do anything unless it benefits them economically. 2. They will do anything and say anything to try to make themselves perceived as relevent on the worlds stage. 3.They are irrelevant in the real scheme of things. We bailed them out twice and had we not; French as a language would have followed Latin and they would be speaking German. I'm 1/3 French but they need a gut check.

[Mr. Mojo]

Germany could well find itself all alone out on that limb about 5 minutes before the war starts

Not quite. ...They'll still have Cuba and Libya :)

[Rose in RoseBear]

Actually, although France and Germany are standing on the same branch, France has an arm wrapped around the trunk; Germany, watching France, has backed out on the narrow end of said branch. France is gonna saw the branch off about 48hrs before war begins.

France is all about aggrandizing France, and making sure they are the dominant member (pun intended) of the EU. Germany was getting a little uppity there ...