A United Europe: They all hate the French!

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That’s really good news. I thought it was just the United States that they hated. 😃
 
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according to some linguistic knowledge, that partly due to the muddy french language. a language rich in d3 and l sounds boring and french is just that
 
…don’t forget your US history, specifically the revolutionary war… we owe the French a great deal… Were it not for the French, Cornwallace would probably marched all the way to Washington… You might be singing God save the Queen today had it not been for the French…

…we may need them again one day…

Peace…👍
 
I think we repaid them, with interest, in World Wars I and II. They still owe us for the rebuilding after WWII. Then, they tried to bankrupt the US by demanding gold for dollars. At this time, I don’t think we owe them anything.
 
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…don’t forget your US history, specifically the revolutionary war… we owe the French a great deal… Were it not for the French, Cornwallace would probably marched all the way to Washington… You might be singing God save the Queen today had it not been for the French…

…we may need them again one day…

Peace…👍
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No doubt, Space. Very true. AND…

Since???
 
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jlw:
No doubt, Space. Very true. AND…

Since???
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…well, i guess we could say let the country without sin cast the first stone…

Peace:thumbsup:
 
space ghost:
…well, i guess we could say let the country without sin cast the first stone…

Peace:thumbsup:
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Spaaaaaaace??? This is not about being blameless. But it is an honest recognition of the state of the relationship as it has evolved over the last 200 years.
 
une si belle langue

maintenant vous avez blessé mes sentiments :crying:
 
space ghost:
…we may need them again one day…

Peace…👍
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Heavens I hope not! They will be of no use…you heard the joke about the reason the Brits had red uniforms so that if they were wounded no one would know and the troops would stand firm. Now in contrast the French soldiers wear brown pants.

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space ghost:
…don’t forget your US history, specifically the revolutionary war… we owe the French a great deal… Were it not for the French, Cornwallace would probably marched all the way to Washington… You might be singing God save the Queen today had it not been for the French…

…we may need them again one day…

Peace…👍
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************. As someone already posted, we more than repaid the French by saving their butts in both World Wars and rebuilding them with the Marshall Plan, plus constant military and economic assistance.
space ghost:
…don’t forget your US history
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I think it is you who has forgotten US History. When did the French enter the Revolution? AFTER the battle of Saratoga in 1777, almost three whole years after the start of the war. Why? Because the surrender of 7,000 British troops at Saratoga convinced the French that the war could actually be won. They only get involved when they think it’s safe… I wonder why.

Anyway, Cornwallis would have never marched on Washington had the French not arrived. Even before the French arrived, the Americans had already won enough victories to badly damage Cornwallis’ capability to capture another major city. The Battle of Cowpens was the last major victory before Yorktown, and it was won by a smaller American force, comprised of mostly militia. The French had no part in this last major victory which forced the British into a corner at Yorktown.
 
space ghost:
…don’t forget your US history, specifically the revolutionary war… we owe the French a great deal… Were it not for the French, Cornwallace would probably marched all the way to Washington… You might be singing God save the Queen today had it not been for the French…

…we may need them again one day…

Peace…👍
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renember, that in 1945, americans liberated the french. i went there in 1970 and heard nothing but gratitude, everywhere i went, except paris, which is another place. like some places i couild name in the us

big cities are notsohotso
 
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************. As someone already posted, we more than repaid the French by saving their butts in both World Wars and rebuilding them with the Marshall Plan, plus constant military and economic assistance.

I think it is you who has forgotten US History. When did the French enter the Revolution? AFTER the battle of Saratoga in 1777, almost three whole years after the start of the war. Why? Because the surrender of 7,000 British troops at Saratoga convinced the French that the war could actually be won. They only get involved when they think it’s safe… I wonder why.

Anyway, Cornwallis would have never marched on Washington had the French not arrived. Even before the French arrived, the Americans had already won enough victories to badly damage Cornwallis’ capability to capture another major city. The Battle of Cowpens was the last major victory before Yorktown, and it was won by a smaller American force, comprised of mostly militia. The French had no part in this last major victory which forced the British into a corner at Yorktown.
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Thanks Fidei Defensor for laying out the complete facts. To many times people like to use pithy little snipets from history that tend to distort the truth and when used time and time again they become the truth. I would give a few examples but I would not know where to start. I could start a complete thread on peoples favorite historical distortions.
 
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