You started this thread with the following: "Four years ago, the government of the French Republic took the lead in refusing to support the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq. The French, who had taken a very active and successful part in the first Iraq war, simply did not think that an invasion followed by the occupation of an Arab country was a good idea." You then proceeded to say that this precipitated vocal criticism (and admittedly invalid historical revisionism) of France from a certain segment of American society.
However, the French did NOT merely say that they thought that an invasion & occupation of Iraq was "not ... a good idea". They criticized the US for being warmongering cowboys (in so many words). I am arguing that the American reaction was in disgust at such blatant hypocrisy, given that France was engaging in just such unilateral military faction elsewhere in the globe. French African policy is entirely relevant.
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Date: 2007-04-16 08:23 pm (UTC)However, the French did NOT merely say that they thought that an invasion & occupation of Iraq was "not ... a good idea". They criticized the US for being warmongering cowboys (in so many words). I am arguing that the American reaction was in disgust at such blatant hypocrisy, given that France was engaging in just such unilateral military faction elsewhere in the globe. French African policy is entirely relevant.