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Originally Posted by julia
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.
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I think that economic reasons (lucrative Iraq contracts), French superiority complexes (increased French hostility toward U.S. over the years), as well as the past you mentioned combined to make their policy.
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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.
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Just ask Mexico and Native Americans.