Great article. I went to France 2 summers ago for a school trip. I decided never again that I will visit that has been of a world power again in my lifetime.
The older French, who lived through D-Day, who were prisoners of the Germans, are very grateful. It would bring tears to your eyes to see the reception an old American on our tour group got from an old Frenchman once it was discovered that he was former military.
But the younger generation seem hopeless and I, too, will never go back. Sneering, smarmy, self-satisfied people.