"My father and uncle are still around; though I think they'd find it even harder for them to scale the cliffs at Normandy. Perhaps there's a wheelchair path there now!
They saved France from itself before, they'd probably volunteer to do it again."
First, God bless that generation and what they did.
But there is a real danger here. There is a right wing in France and it's growing. By right wing I don't mean falsely labeled conservatives - I mean the kind of people who would have cheered the Nazis except they hate Germans too.
They had a viable Presidential campaign last time around and if they take over France, their strong anti-semitism and lack of respect basic individual rights will make wish we had Chirac back.
Oh, right wing socialists...French Nazis.
Yes, they have nothing in common with freedom loving American Constitutionalists.