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It would have been nice if not one drop was spent in WWI, WWII (at least the Europeon theater), and Viet Nam. Gratitude is a dog's disease. And the Europeons ain't dogs. No nation has permanent friends or permanent enemies. It only has permanent interests. That France's interests may not coincide with ours should not surprise anyone. We look like adolescents with all this French bashing. I admire them. They act in their interests. We seem to act on "philosophies" and "theories" that have done nothing for this nation but pay for the defense of Europe and certain Asian countries for 50 years that long ago didn't need our protection. How did it come to pass that our "interests" became every spect of the globe? May I suggest they are not? May I suggest that the US has been used as a sucker for a Century - especially by Europe and France? Don't blame the French- elements in this country were more than willing to let us be the sucker. But now that we want the French and Europe in general to go along with our plans to dominate the middle East we get angry that they don't support us? Why should they? Because we foolishly allowed ourselves to be used for years as the shield of Western Europe while they built up their costly welfare socialist states? Doesn't work that way. We have only ourselves to blame for being morons. That they don't support us now should only surprise the naive.

But now that we want the French and Europe in general to go along with our plans to dominate the middle East we get angry that they don't support us?

Yeah. We could always ditch our plans to "dominate the Middle East" and do what the noble French do -- pay Saddam billions for oil, which in turn goes to fund state-sponsored terrorism.

PUH-leeze! :p

P.S. All this French-bashing is *fun* :-) (frog DOES taste like chicken!)

Yoh, Burkeman.

Yeah, I guess we have been pretty stupid in spending all those billions of dollars "Keeping the Peace" in Europe, and making sure that "yet another conflict" that would cost us "yet another generation" didn't kick up.

Our reaction to these ingrates is our way of saying enough is enough. It's over. We're through with the French. We're not "naive" anymore. If anyone wants France, we won't defend them...

Doesn't work that way. We have only ourselves to blame for being morons. That they don't support us now should only surprise the naive.