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"I'm not looking for excuses for them, just trying to be honest."

If and when we discontinue the French bashing that simply means Americans are no longer concerned about France's ability to survive and/or have written them off as a lost cause.

If you care anything about France ...you had better hope the bashing continues. (no I'm not kidding)

"If and when we discontinue the French bashing that simply means Americans are no longer concerned about France's ability to survive and/or have written them off as a lost cause.

If you care anything about France ...you had better hope the bashing continues. (no I'm not kidding)"
I know very well what you're talking about. I know this system of teaching and I know it works. I witnessed it very often in my life.
However if you would read my post carefully I asked for honesty not to stop bashing. Dishonest basing is even more inefficient than soft and gently explanations. And this was also witnessed by me. Too often. So lets stick to facts and this is enough. Statements like Frenches were ALWAYS bad soldiers and lost every war are simply wrong and cause counter reaction.
And I think you know very well that most of bashers do it just for fun or to release their emotions. They really don't care about any "mission" of saving France. They really make fun and vengeance for France's opposition to Iraq War.