"Joe 'Beppe' Rosenberg" really let the dogs out when expounding.......

> Five things I do not like about the French or what they call
> their government...

> 1, Collaboration with Nazi's in World War 2

Hell's teeth, Joe. You conveniently forget that there were Americans who
collaborated with the Nazis.


> 2. Getting the US stuck in Indo-China

It was not the French who declared that the USA should become "The policeman
of the world".

Sixty years after WW2 you guys are still making stupid decisions on the name
of god and truth and right (and in the pursuit of the mighty $$$) - and
making an absolute meal of it. Wanna blame someone - take a long look in the
mirror!


> 3.. Development of a nuclear arsenal.

Oh, now this is the pot calling the kettle black! Take away the armaments
industry and the US economy is f#%&*d.


> 4. Letting the sale of <clipped> products like weapons and the purchase
> of oil

Why is this different to the sale of American weapons and the US stealing
Iraqi oil?


>
> 5. Getting the US & Brits involved in the first World War....
>

I know exactly why the UK got involved and it had little to do with France.
The US sat on the fence for 3/4 of the war entirely missing the 'fun' which
was Gallipoli and the Somme among other little tiffs.

Joe, in our recent visit to France, more than once I stood in a village
square beside a memorial to those who lost their lives in WW1. I admit that
I choked back tears when I realised that in some incidences 50% of a towns
young men has perished.

With the greatest of respect Joe, tongue in cheek or not, it is about time
you got off your backside in Baltimore and crossed the Atlantic for a first
hand look-see - and leave those 'stars'n'strips' tinted spectacle behind.

You may find, like we did, that French hospitality was first class, and the
Frenchman-in-the-street could not do enough to assist us foreigners.

Hopefully, the nett effect of such personal research may be that you never
write such crap again.

Regards,

st.helier