I was really surprised and dismayed to hear him degrade Finland as well.

"With the exception of Finland, (Britain) is the country where you get the worst food."


>>>>>That area was French until Napoleon needed money to fight you guys and sold it to the USA in the 1803 Louisiana Purchase.
>>>>>http://earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/louisiana/
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>>>>Man was France DUMB!
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>>>At least they got some money out of the deal. If not for the purchase, we most likely would have eventually driven them out by force. Squandering the money on a war with the UK is another story.
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>>Well yeah - dumb on both counts.
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>>As for forcing them out, well if France had poured as many settlers into this vast territory as, predominantly, Britain had to the 13 states, who's to say it wouldn't have been the EUF (Etats Unis de France) that drove the 13 back into the Atlantic?
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>>Food for thought, mon brave! :-)
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>Maybe. Just remember France was an ally in those days (Lafayette et al), mainly to spike you guys. And they are not very friendly nowadays either if one is to judge by Chirac's recent comments on British food and British agricultural exports. I must admit they sunded funny (and stupid).