The Vichy government is generally considered to have been collaborators and traitors. Which brings us to the (possibly uncomfortable) issue of what is a legitimate government. Vichy would not have entered into a coalition with the US because they were puppets of the Nazis. I seem to recall -- though I could be wrong -- that the French Resistance cooperated with the British and the Spaniards though. That was what I was referring to.
Dana On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 17:51:22 -0400, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There was a government in exile, but again that's hair splitting. Was France > part of the allies? Was it a split off? Who could claim to be France then. > The arguments of who is supporting and how come in the same way. What does > one consider support and who can claim it. The vinchy government of France > would never claim to be part of a coalition with America and would reject > any claim of the sort. > > > wasn't the Resistance an international effort? I guess it could have > > spontaneously arisen in each of the different countries, but I thought > > otherwise. > > > > > > On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 17:26:42 -0400, Michael Dinowitz > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The government of France was under the control of Germany > > and were not > > > looking to be part of any coalition to save itself or anyone else. > > > > > > > oh, come on. It has been. What about World War 2, just off > > > > the top of my head? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 14:17:26 -0400, Michael Dinowitz > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > So your defining support as troops on the ground? So by > > > > that definition, > > > > > France will never be part of any coalition. > > > > > It's hair splitting. These are countries who supported us > > > > in Iraq. This is > > > > > international support, no matter how you cut it. Have some > > > > pulled out? Yes. > > > > > Will more pull out as their citizens are butchered? Yes. > > > > Does it change the > > > > > root question of internation support going in? No. > > > > > > > > > > > How current is this list? > > > > > > > > > > > > I notice at least three that have pulled out their troops. > > > > > > (Spain, Costa Rica, Philippines) > > > > > > > > > > > > I also know that many of these countries have less than a > > > > > > dozen troops on the ground. If they don't have troops on the > > > > > > ground, I personally won't count them. > > > > > > > > > > > > Jerry Johnson > > > > > > > > > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/21/04 02:07PM >>> > > > > > > According to this document, we had one or two countries > > > > > > working with us. > > > > > > Actually, quite a few more than one or two. Looks like > > > > > > international support > > > > > > to me. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/print/20030321-4.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| The annual ColdFusion User Conference is being held Sat 6/26 - Sun 6/27/04 8am-5pm in the Washington DC Area. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=44 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132171 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
