> From: Russell Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Fool wrote: > > >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51314-2002Apr25.html > >The French were the vanguard of this modern anti-Semitism that can > >tolerate the Jew as victim but not as historical actor. It was 35 years > >ago at the outbreak of the Six Day War that Charles de Gaulle cut off > >French support for Israel, denouncing its audacity in fighting for its > >life over his objections. But he did not stop there. He later went on to > >famously denounce the Jews as "an elite people, sure of itself and > >domineering." > > Of course, what really pisses off the French is that when they pulled > support, they effectively rendered the Israeli Air Force impotent > because they used mostly French aircraft that needed spares. But instead > of accepting this, the Israelis made their own stuff and ended up with > aircraft that were considerably better than the ones the French had. > > I'm sure there are many wonderful French individuals, but as a nation
You seem to be implying that their are some mythical people somewhere that think the French are nice and friendly and not arrogant... Mabee in some alternate universe. > state, they are awfully lacking in redeeming qualities. (maybe that's my > radioactive South Pacific locality clouding my judgement, maybe it's the > blood of my grandfather in the Somme, maybe it's the outrageous price > they charge for a cup of coffee). But for any Frenchman to say of > another people that they are "an elite people, sure of itself and > domineering" is ironic. http://www.cesnur.org/testi/fr2K_index.htm
