I hate being right

I agree that criticizing the French is shooting fish in a barrel, but I notice no one remembers how quickly the USA came to their aid when the Nazis were rolling into Paris in 1940.------------------
I would not let the chickens cross the antidote road because I was already hospitlized for trying to say this!-Brad McFall

Bingo. They only had to wait eighteen months. No harm done.

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Maybe I missed something. What have the French done, other than inventing mimes, and being cranky and a bit pretentious that makes them in any sense guilty of something worthy of ACTUAL criticism?

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I'm not going to make Jerry Lewis jokes, considering how much worse the Reign of Terror was by any estimation. And the fact that the French Revolution produced that paragon of liberty, fraternity, and equality named Napoleon does bring the French down a notch or two in my admittedly biased book. Zut alors!------------------
I would not let the chickens cross the antidote road because I was already hospitlized for trying to say this!-Brad McFall

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There was a time when war was considered the last option of peaceful nations. Under Sharon/Bush/BinLaden we now see this sanity has been overthrown. Now it is "war is necessary to have peace." In other words, screw diplomacy because it is too slow and you might not get what you want. Since WE are blessed by God our weapons will crush THE ENEMY BEFORE HE CAN GAIN POWER TO STRIKE! The new peace:eternal war!

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You're absolutely right. Nobody even makes an effort to assure us that "this war will end all war" anymore. The understanding is that this war will most likely lead to the next.The Gulf war that Dubya's dad fought was only waged so the Emir of Kuwait could regain his holy throne. Leaving Saddam in power was not a bungling foreign policy oversight, it was quite deliberate.After the Balkans turned into Europe's latest genocidal sandbox, international outcry led to troops being sent to Bosnia. Unfortunately, after he signed the Dayton Accords, "Happy" Milosevic went from the New Hitler to a legitimate head of state again. After the shit hit the fan in Kosovo, he turned back into Hitler. This wasn't a mindless blunder, it was part of the plan.Afghanistan may be free from the Taliban, but it's still ruled by fundamentalist warlord psychopaths. These folks were only too happy to team up and send the Taliban packing, but let's not pretend they're democratic-minded or pro-USA. Bush's man Karzoi may be clean, but they call him "the Mayor of Kabul" because his influence doesn't extend beyond the boundaries of the capital city. Anyone want to lay bets on how long it'll be before one of the Afghan warlords is the New Hitler of the Week?------------------
I would not let the chickens cross the antidote road because I was already hospitlized for trying to say this!-Brad McFall