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Actually USA act like a predator and are inventing a new form of
colonialism.

As much as we were colonialist predators when we saved your butt
in
'45


People forget that they saved our butt in 1781. Battle of Yorktown
would
never have been successful without the French.



What happenned to them in the intervening 223 years?
Yeah, a long time ago we were friends and allies.

[snip]

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that
we
are
to stand by the president right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and
servile,
but is morally treasonable to the American public." - Teddy Roosevelt

Although the French did not "stand" with us in the war on Iraq, I don't
believe they or anyone who questions the war should be ostracized from
society (or contracts) because they do not agree with the majority.

IMo the reason the French are being held in low esteem over the Iraq war
is,
they knew what we and the British knew, that Saddam was a threat and there
was a Bin Ladin connection.


It wasn't but a little over 20 years ago we supported Saddam and bin Ladin
in their fights against our enemy at that time. We trained bin Ladin in the
School of the Americas in Georgia. BTW, maybe you've read something I
haven't, but I've yet to read about a solid connection between Iraq and Bin
Ladin



It's
called discrimination.

In this case I believe it was cowardice and fear of embarassment over
their
support of a terrorist regime.

This is (supposedly) still a democracy where
everyone has the right to voice their opinion without fear of
retribution.

Unless of course you happen to be a conservative.

"You want free speech? Let's see you acknowledge a man whose words make
your
blood boil who is standing center stage advocating at the top of his
lungs
that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours." -
The
American President (although it's only a movie, I think this quote
perfectly
sums up free speech)

[snip]

I think
maybe that they aligned themselves with us only because the English
were there primary rivals, and we were fighting against England.


That probably was the only reason they fought with us. The only
reason
we
fought against Hitler was because the Japanese attacked us.

I have read that FDR wanted desparately to get into WWII and would have
found a reason to get in even without Pearl Harbor.