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To: hdl who wrote (11422)	2/9/2002 8:11:00 PM
From: chalu2	Respond to of 23908

And they brilliantly responded to the Hitlerian threat.

To: hdl who wrote (11422)	2/9/2002 8:17:45 PM
From: William B. Kohn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

France caused VietNam to be a problem for the US, it was one of the worst examples of French Foreign Policy. They forced Ho Chi Minh to align himself with the Communists when they refused to allow him the independant state that the Allies promised him for his support in overthrowing Japan. Maybe Algeria... NO Their Africa policies...NO Their South American policies...NO I guess they better stick to making Cheese and shut up about anything foreign. As for the small contribution America is making in foreign policy, I would like to point out that those doing the numbers fail to consider the Foreign Policy statement our Defense Department makes. How much did the French have to pay to assure they still get oil when Kuwait was taken over? How much did they pay in the Balkans? How much did they pay against the war on terror? How much did they pay to save Somali's when that region was war torn? America pays more than its fair share, more than anyone else. We carry the world's burden, we get crap from idiots like the French, Len, and Tom.

To: hdl who wrote (11422)	2/10/2002 5:52:10 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23908

LOL! The French "give away" 1% of GDP in foreign aid? You're killing me, really. Their abundance overwhelms me. $14 billion? That is your grand French generosity? The US gives that much away to Israel and Egypt alone! The French got thrown out of Vietnam long before the US did, you mean. The US was never stupid to mass in an encircled valley with the enemy's artillery holding the hills. French literature and philosophy? French "vacation?" French SEX? LOL! You are infatuated, and sunk hook line and sinker for European snobbery. The French, my dear hdl, are the whores of the world, as a nation. They are the hedonist, conceited, spiteful remains of world power passed into history, unable to come to grips with its dotage. They are irrelevant, and the sooner they realize it and go on, the better off they will be. And I really wish their government officials would stop with the hypocrisy. Talking out one side of their mouths about American greed and out the other about ending Iraqi sanctions so they can whore themselves on Saddam's petroleum bed. Derek