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Aborted · 07-12-2004, 05:29 AM

I wouldn't describe France as redundant either politically or economically, but having your country flattened twice in 25 years, as they did in the first half of the 20th century, is going to leave some lasting scars, so I think they can be forgiven for being merely a shadow of what they once were.

The US, meanwhile, would do well to learn from their example, and rather than create all kinds of creative and insulting labels for the French, perhaps take a long hard look at the inspiration and implementation of their foreign policy and try to work out where their critics are coming from. After all, it is largely down to them that America was able to become independant in the first place

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07-12-2004, 05:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
Aborted Tilted Location: London	I wouldn't describe France as redundant either politically or economically, but having your country flattened twice in 25 years, as they did in the first half of the 20th century, is going to leave some lasting scars, so I think they can be forgiven for being merely a shadow of what they once were. The US, meanwhile, would do well to learn from their example, and rather than create all kinds of creative and insulting labels for the French, perhaps take a long hard look at the inspiration and implementation of their foreign policy and try to work out where their critics are coming from. After all, it is largely down to them that America was able to become independant in the first place .