Justin Trudeau showed up because he thought they said they would be honoring "poutine" .
To: ameribbean expat
Macron really didn’t like the idea, but his mommy told him to.
2 posted on
11/07/2018 3:51:22 PM PST by
PGR88
To: ameribbean expat
If he chose to honor Nazi collaborator Soros, that would be A-OK (to the media and the left).
3 posted on
11/07/2018 4:05:46 PM PST by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
To: ameribbean expat
Macroon gets is all wrong. No wonder his popularity is down.
4 posted on
11/07/2018 4:07:14 PM PST by
I want the USA back
(It's Ok To Be White. White Lives Matter. White Guilt is Socially Constructed)
To: ameribbean expat
What France should really do is release all the records that would identify the collaborators in WW II. The records were supposed to be released 50 years after, but given that they weren’t, I’m going to guess there would be a lot of blemished “heroes”
Was Petian fully culpable? He was trying to give his country a chance to survive what had been a nearly instant invasion and toppling of the French Government.
I can’t fully judge the man and can’t exonerate him, but to single him out when there are likely hundreds and thousands that willingly collaborated???
5 posted on
11/07/2018 4:07:38 PM PST by
phothus
(http://buanadha.wordpress.com/)
To: ameribbean expat
Maréchal, Nous Voilà (Marshal, we are here) (
sine nomine, 1941)--Marshal Pétain's theme song--a stirring tune that emphasizes patriotic themes and even lauds Pétain as the hero of Verdun--ironic, since his regime was a puppet of Germany.
6 posted on
11/07/2018 4:24:52 PM PST by
Fiji Hill
To: ameribbean expat
Tough call. He was a good general in impossible conditions in WWI, and then thought it better to head the rump France than to have Nazis rule directly. He was wrong, but understandably so.
7 posted on
11/07/2018 4:29:35 PM PST by
VanShuyten
("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
To: ameribbean expat
The French television show, A French Village, dramatizes the events from 1940 to 1945. Of course it's only entertainment, but it gave a pretty good idea of the choices and lack of choices that the French faced back then. Not to excuse Petain, but those who stepped up to deal with the chaos of 1940 could easily find themselves becoming collaborators with the occupier, and it was not always easy to get out of that situation.
9 posted on
11/07/2018 4:46:06 PM PST by
x
To: ameribbean expat
We all know that Macron has a thing for old '
putains'.
10 posted on
11/07/2018 6:38:06 PM PST by
Bon mots
To: ameribbean expat
As a student of military history, I can think of few more tragic figures than Marshal Petain.
To: ameribbean expat
What about his fantasies of becoming the Messiah? Doesn’t compute.
To: ameribbean expat
Not surprised as Macron is President of the New Vichy France.
To: ameribbean expat
Macron is Petain in short pants, sans kepi.
23 posted on
11/24/2018 8:43:15 PM PST by
Pennsyltucky Boy
(bitterly clinging to our constitutional rights in PA)
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