We did not "shed our blood for France" in the the same way we are not about to " shed our blood for the people of Iraq"
The French people know this the same way in that the Iraqi people will know this
We will be cheered as "liberators" but they will know that we did it for our own reasons. GW will do what he needs to do for the security of the USA.
I disagree. The goal was to get the Germans out of France to stop Nazi expansion throughout Europe. Liberation, regardelss of the motive, was the goal. Yes, we did it for ourselves only as a matter of preemption ... but the fact is that they were liberated because we wanted the French, not the Nazis, in control of France. Liberation was the goal, the defeat of the German Army was the means. Regardless, I would hope that you and I would certainly agree that the actions of the French in this matter has been outrageous.