Foreign Affairs Discussion Group Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: Bilow who wrote (53092)	10/18/2002 11:36:05 PM
From: gamesmistress	Read Replies (1) of 281500

Picking on the French for being pansies after Verdun just doesn't make any sense. I don't understand how you can say WWI did not have an impact on on France's "willingness to fight" up to and including WWII. They were NOT willing to use force to stop Hitler until the Blitzkrieg rolled into Poland. (And yes, I looked at those statistics....you could argue which comes first, the lack of preparation or the unwillingness to fight, but I notice that that at full strength the US had roughly 1/4 the divisions the Germans had (for 2 theatres, yet) so it's not just numbers. Post WWII, the French were willing to fight the people in their own colonies, so yes, they're not "pansies" - your term, not mine - but I can't say I admire their judgement on who or why they chose to fight (or not). Then or now.

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next