I agree with you 100 percent. I get really tired of the French bashing here, which has little basis in history. The nonsense about cowardice ignores the millions of Frenchmen who took taxis, bicycles to get to the German front in World War One, the millions who died at that front, and the thousands of disfigured who lived out their lives in small isolated villages in southern France. It also ignores the crucial support the French gave us in our Revolution, without which we'd be bowing to Charles and Camilla. I've been to France numerous times on business and vacation and I've never encountered anything but pleasant, decent, helpful people EXCEPT in the areas that are now being beset by rioting.
"which has little basis in history."
Where to start.
40 Years war; persecution of Protestants; French-Indian wars;Quebecistan;Viet-Nam,Congo,Ivory Coast, Rwanda,Kosovo,Libya Overflights; Gulf War-II,Support of Syria,Support of Syria over Israel, ICC, UN Security Council; Descration of US Military cemetaries;
Bush-Bashing.
Screw the french.
How much more does it take to piss you off?
Your example is not quite accurate. The french that were in the resistence movement against the nazis were a VERY small minority of the population. And that has no reflection on modern france. All the french bashing is talking about recent history, the past few decades, when they have been nothing but opponants to U.S. foreign policy, and placating the muslims of the world, sympathizing with the palestinian squatters against Israel, and on and on and on. What the french did during the Revolutionary War 230 years ago is not at issue. The fact that they have been against us in the War on Terror, and opposed us going into iraq because of their complicity in the tens of billions they gave to hussein in the 90s IS at issue. The france of the 40s and the 1790s is gone. And the france of today is a socialist leaning, anti-Semitic, anti-Christian, anti-U.S. france and they FULLY AND COMPLETELY DESERVE every bit of this destruction. They planted the crop, thumbing their nose at criticism, and now they're reaping the bitter harvest. You are making a mistake defending them and arguing with the people here who recognize that this is a problem of france's own making, that they had been warned about. Ever since the french haven't needed us to cover their heinees and protect them from the Soviets, they've been nothing but obnoxious and arrogant with American policy and it's peopel, enabling the very behavior that is now biting them in the butt.
I'm of French ancestry and I bash them all the time in the hopes that they will wake up. So far it does not seem to be working.
This is their only concern, and not that big of a concern; because they subsidize Renault and Citroen quite heavily. Until people start getting hurt and arrested they dont care.
Why should we?
Well said.