You haven't put up an argument to refute my point in the least. How exactly do you think Lafayette is relevant to events today?
So it would appear you include even Lafayette
No it wouldn't, but thanks for trying. Lafayette was the exception that proved the rule of French avarice. France has had centuries since then to prove its fealty and worthiness as an ally, and it has failed again and again. Indeed, the way it led opposition among permanent members of the UN Security Council, out of all proportion to its standing among major powers, while hiding behind the most cynical of claims of knowing our interests better than we ourselves, to defend a tyrant of Hussein's record against us at all costs - well that just speaks for itself.
The worst insults an American can hurtle at France are beside the point. What they really deserve is our indifference. If this were 1788, and I were Washington, I'd be singing the praises of Lafayette and France, too, as would any American on the winning side of the Revolution. But Washington and Lafayette are long dead, and irrelevant to the question of 21st century alliances.