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Originally Posted by julia
Those who criticize the French, are simply grossily misinformed.
Ok, they did send help for Bush'w war in Iraq, but that is because they have had their own share of fighting insurgents at the end of their empire last century in North African countries. Millions of frenchmen including president Jacques Chirac, fought over in Africa through reqired miltary service. The French lost all of those battles as well as the Algerian war. The French population knows a hell lot more about war than the American public.
And, those anti-French talking heads conveniently do not mention that France has always been the country with the most amount of troops in Afghanistan helping the US.
To slam the French is to trully reveal one's very ignorant pov.
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Originally Posted by DRS112
So...you can mention the french who fought in Africa...but not the Vichy who not only allowed the Germans to take over France, but also helped the Germans with the Holocaust?.....
Edit:...I thought you were talking about French who fought in WWII in Africa....
Them fighting in Algiers is a virtue? Them fighting to continue colonization of another country is a virtue??
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The French get slammed by Bill Oreilly et al for not fighting in Iraq.
My point was is that there are 1000s of French people alive, including the previous president, who fought in a war as an occupier against insurgents/ guerilla warfare in Nothern Africa. Which lead them NOT to take part in another difficult occupation.
Why should the French be slammed for wasting their ppl and treasure for an occupation that has a low chance of success.
I am positng about their warfare EXPERIENCE and
in no way shape of form agreeing with policy of nazi collaborators or any Colonialism.
Americans occupied and colonized the Philappines so not many here can flatly condemn colonialism since it is a part of American history, too.