I dunno, the US claims to be at war with al-Qaeda.... note to MIB: I am not implying moral equivalency between the Resistance and al_Qaeda.
Seriously though, could you not say that a coalition of resistance groups was instrumental in the fight against the Nazis? Or that the Vichy government was not really the government, just some people the Nazis thought would cooperate with them? I actually agree with your main point, that France is often at odds with the US. I am just quibbling over the assertion that it *never* cooperates with *anyone* <g> Dana On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 18:01:20 -0400, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes they did but they were not a country to enter into a coalition. It's > like saying that France as a country does not ally with America against > Iraq, but some of the people do. In the world of international politics, > people don't count; only countries. > > > 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. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=35 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:132188 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
