[Middle Man]

The French are not above criticism, but most Americans don't know how the U.S. in its foreign policy has royally screwed the French for over 80 years, because Americans generally know so little history about peoples beyond our shore. Here's another side to the story that explains why the French are not rushing to support us in this conflict.

[Gaelic]

Mr Rinfret is trying to blame us for the French and Indian wars.Of denying them their colonies.Of destroying the League of nations even though we were not apart of it. It would have worked (Hallie Sallassie asked for help and what did it get him?) The French tortured imprisoned Algerians. In Rwanda they backed the Hutus. Interfered in Canadian politics (Quebec) and so on. Les pauvres petit bebes.

[Dec31,1999]

We are trying to build a world which is a mirror image of the United States and it won't fly now and never will.

"A mirror image" is hyperbole. The French just hate our success. They hate to share their own successes with the "uncultured" Americans. It's just not enough for them that most of the world loves France and the French. (Including myself to a degree.)

In pushing for freedom and democracy around the world we have denied the rights of other nations to be what they are, to live as they wish and to follow the beliefs they want to follow.

In pushing for freedom and democracy around the world we....

No agenda here.