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Originally Posted by Parihaka
Bluesman, you are become positively eloquent. 
I take issue with this however
"Oh, they were included, and every single time they were, it was a net liability to the Allies."
Those pilots who made it across the channel and joined the RAF were a credit to their country's traditions. |
Oh, I absolutely agree, and let me clarify what I meant.
There is NOTHING wrong with any individual Frenchman's valor. They're NOT cowards one-by-one, but as a PEOPLE, as a NATION, they are simply worthless allies, and negligable enemies. I read somewhere a priceless and accurate phrase to describe them: 'our Gallic burden'. How very apt. They make themselves obnoxious to their allies at every opportunity. I sincerely hope that Sarkozy discards this decades-long tradition.