[cicero's_son]

The French are selfish, destructive, vain, and shortsighted, but they no more owe us their loyalty than we owe them ours.

After all, many French noblemen gave their lives and service in our fight for Independence, and were it not for their support, we may never have prevailed against the King.

[CHICAGOFARMER]

What your are missing from this battle of money.

France, Russia and China, have 40-60 billion dollars of contracts ove the next ten years. They don't want this war to reset the tables.

Germany and France has sold most of the oil equipment to the Iraq in the last ten years.

Do you now see clearly?

[CHICAGOFARMER]

Principle, character, integrity, would be nice. Loyality is with your dog.

[RoughDobermann]

After all, many French noblemen gave their lives and service in our fight for Independence, and were it not for their support, we may never have prevailed against the King.

Granted. However, do you want to compare the number of French who've died on our soil to the number of Americans who've died on French soil?

Also, let's not forget; the French had an ulterior motive when they helped us out during the Revolutionary War. Did we have an ulterior motive when we bailed them out during WWI and WWII?

[RamingtonStall]

The only Loyalty they owe is to honor the Treaty that they would have us honor if they were being attacked. Once the French and the Germans and the Belch decide to stop honoring the NATO treaty, they have told us to not bail their asses out again. I suggest we take them at their word.

Concerning Turkey, I recommend that the USA take this opportunity to make new Treaties and alliances for the 21st Century.

NATO is DEAD. As pronounced so certainly by our former Allies, the French.

Joy! ([: ^ )


RamS

[SunTzuWu]

After all, many French noblemen gave their lives and service in our fight for Independence, and were it not for their support, we may never have prevailed against the King.

Actually the French King supported the colonies against the British because he couldn't beat them with his own army. The French people showed him what they thought of that a few years later when they separated his head from the rest of his body.