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THE TRUTH ABOUT FRANCE
Let’s not tiptoe around this much longer. Other than beautiful natural
scenery, proximity to Switzerland, winemaking and nude beaches, France
really doesn’t all that much going for it. It’s a nation of wimps,
wussies, cowards and pseudo-intellectuals, the little old ladies of the
western world, who spend an inordinate amount of time trying to
preserve and promote an effete language that the rest of the civilized
world has been trying to bury for over a century. This is a nation that
planted shade trees along its grand boulevards generations ago, knowing
that Germans prefer to march in the shade. The last century of French
history shows a repetitious cycle of chest-pounding, proclamations of
international importance and relevance accompanied with demands for
respect, if not reverence, alternating with pleas for help from the
United States every time they notice a German soldier standing on the
corner.
France is in one of their “holier-than-thou” modes right now. The
French are trying to show the world that they are still somewhat relevant
by threatening to veto a U.N. resolution calling for the use of force
against Saddam Hussein. They say that the U.S. just can’t make the
rules for the rest of the world. Sounds great, but can anyone point to
one great moment in French diplomacy in the last 150 years? When have
the bold, brave French ever been the first to step forward to confront a
threat to the free world? They’re back-bencher … not even
second-string. France is the perennial red shirt in the community of
free nations. There is simply no way to say “put me in coach” in the
French language. So, now the rest of the world has to sit by and listen
to more French bragging about their wonderful independence while whining
about the strength and resolve of America, How embarrassing it must be
for them. These are people who have mastered the art of foreign affairs
but still can’t grasp the idea of a daily bath.
We all know, though, that as soon as the next threat to the French way
of life crosses a French border these self-important candy-asses will
engage in another orgy of collective pant soiling and scream for help
from the lowly Americans … again. |
