I seriously cannot believe this...

But, I'm going to give the French some props. Not for Crepes, which are truly wonderful, but for coming to the aid of a fledging country back in 1777. Thanks to you Marquis de Lafayette, and thanks to all of France. Without troops, equipment, military leadership and training by a professional army, the United States of America may never have been born. There was violence, setbacks, and to be honest, we poor Americans got our collective asses whooped for awhile. But with help, guidance, and patience, we forged the world's greatest democracy.

Ahem. If you need a history lesson, here it is in black and white...

http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/revwar-75.htm

The US being in Iraq bears little difference. Sure, I love the fact that we are trying to paralyze terrorist organizations, and freeing Iraq from a brutal jackass regime, but what makes me proud is how our actions mirror those of a benevolent nation who had faith in the future of a fledgling country. One that lent a hand when we needed it. We as Americans tend to forget where we came from, and the principles our nation was founded on. Liberal isolationism, and cries for "peace" will just show other nations who wish to shed their primitive political systems that we just don't care, and have completely forgotten that at one time WE were the ones fighting a war for democracy, using nothing but bravery, and whatever weapon we could find.

God Bless you France, and keep the crepes coming.