This Post first ran in January of 2005!
And then, there’s the French…
What is all the noise about our ally, France? Since when has France been an ally of the US? I mean, when… exactly?
Remember the “French and Indian War”? They durn near killed our First President during that war. We hadn’t even gone to war with the mother country yet and there we were fighting France. Oh sure, they showed up at Yorktown, in the nick of time, but that was because we were fighting, perhaps, their oldest enemy, Great Britain.
The French are self-delusional. Always have been. They really believe they are a “challenger” to the US for leadership of the world. They actually believe that. Over in the “old world”, they are really making a grand push to head-up the “United States of Europe”, if they ever get that one up and running. If they manage that, they’ll screw it up as they have so many other grand endeavors they conned themselves into.
Many of us, on this side of the pond, have had our fill of pulling their chestnuts from the fire over and over again. The cost is simply too high. Not to mention it is a thankless job.
Somebody once said: “Next time there's a war in Europe; the loser has to keepFrance.” I agree. Next time, let the Germans keep Paris!
There’s an old joke making the rounds again. It’s something like this: “How many Frenchman does it take to drive the Germans out of Paris?” The answer: “Nobody knows. It’s never been tried!”
I read recently that France’s best general was a foreigner and her best soldier was a teen-age girl! Well………
Even Napoleon Bonaparte himself said: "The French complain of everything, and always."
Perhaps Mark Twain put the stopper in the bottle with his remarks on France. He said: "France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks, it is a fine country. France has usually been governed by prostitutes."
And finally, my personal favorite, from General George Patton: "I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me."
So, next time Paris gets it’s back up, remember this remark by US Senator John McCain of Arizona: "You know, the French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of the 1940s who was still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't have the face for it."
So, you see, it’s just a tad difficult to be serious about France.
“Longstreet”
In response to your post, I have to ask you a question. Have you ever been to France and have you ever attempted to make friends with or communicate with any one in France? I suspect that if you did, you would be less likely to jump on this bandwagon of distraction from our own issues of grandiosity in America.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, the French and Indian war was between the British and the French..we were British then. Had it not been for the French Navy at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, we would not likely have won at Yorktown in our fight for independence and we would possibly still be British...or even Spanish by now.
Do you admire the Statue of Liberty when you pledge allegiance to this country? It was a gift from France for our having made liberty a possiblity for all people.
Let us not pick some poor group of people who are not present to defend themselves for a one-sided fight. The religious right just tried that with the FMA.
Ron: My ancestry is French.
ReplyDeleteOf course we were British before we won our Independence!
I have often advocated that we disassemble the Statue of Liberty and ship it back to France with a note for them to stick it where the sun doesn't shine! I have blood relatives who gave their lives for that country and I feel certain that gives me the right to expect something more than their cold shoulder and their interference in our foreign policy.
A bit less French arrogance and a bit more gratitude, toward the US, would go a hell of a long way.
I like the post and Ron it's France in general not every frenchy.
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