[Diana in Wisconsin]

Well, this WAS the one and only time they weren’t acting like cheese-eating surrender monkeys. ;)

They’ve given up their country these days, that’s for sure! And for what? To be PC?

[DoodleBob]

American Lt Col Charles Stanton remembered the enormous contribution of French Marie Joseph Yves Roches Gilbert du Motier, who was better (and far more succinctly) known as the Marquis de Lafayette. Circa WWI, following a parade through Paris amidst the enthusiastic and welcoming embrace of the French, Pershing, Stanton, and the American troops arrived at the grave of the Marquis. Though the words are often incorrectly attributed to the better-known Pershing, it was Stanton who then said the ultimate return-the-favor quote:

“Nous voila, Lafayette (Lafayette, we are here!“)

Yes, France may be quite different from the US nowadays but so is the U.K. Further, I am not willing to trash an entire citizenry for the election of a less-than-stellar leader (witness America circa 2009-2016). Now, that does not mean we are eternally indebteded to France and must hold our tongue. Indeed, I consider a huge turning point in US-French relations to be when American bombers accidentally took out their embassy in Tripoli. But I have a feeling that Trump may help bring about a rightist swing in Franco politics.

If some French Person wrote out American activities in a WWII film, we'd be peeved. I'm ok with this commentary. Besides, French People can be funny.