>>Not much has changed (in our Political methods) since Benjamin Franklin negotiated a treaty of alliance between the French and the united colonies and secured loans from the French government which helped finance the American revolution against the British. (Not to mention the French participation at Yorktown).
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>>What did the colonies do later? Even though France was the first superpower to recognize the united colonies as a Sovereign Nation, we turned around and negotiated a treaty with Britain directly (behind France's back) that gave us more than we had hoped for (including land all the way to the Mississippi).
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>Right, and then we saved their beans from the fire in both WWI and WWII and they still hate Americans. De Gaulle wasn't too happy with us and almost all of their governments since did the same.

You mean that folks aren't free to disagree with you once you "save their beans"???? Differences of opinion = hate???
Geez, the French (of France) have as much regard for Quebeckers as they do for Americans, I guess. I know that when I spoke my best Quebec French when visiting France (long ago) to shopkeepers they snidely remarked that I was Quebecois. Needless to say I then played the dumb 'anglais' and all was fine.

While there's no doubt that the US saved more than France's "beans" in both World Wars, the actual method of doing so isn't, at least in my mind, the most glowing. Sitting on the sidelines and selling to both sides and then getting in when things are most dire is one way to do it. There could have been other ways.