Reply #27: Wow! Time to read history.

[tn-guy]

I'll have to take exception to the assertion that the French were grateful to the US and UK for our efforts in WWII to redeem freedom for France. Read the history of the North Africa campaign, or the endless turf wars and petty demands orchestrated by de Gaulle or everyday soldiers diaries from D-Day throughout the rest of the war. You will find that while many everyday French were grateful for liberation, an equal number were resentful of the US within weeks, and that French politicians and military leaders were downright hostile to allied interests.

Anyone who seriously maintains that France is or ever was a long-standing, stalwart ally of the US is woefully ignorant of history. We have been allies of convenience on a few occasions, only when one side or the other was in desperate straights and helping the other served some larger aim.