PubliusInfinitum
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Please don't forget one Frenchman:
Lafayette, Marquis de (1754-1834)
The American Declaration of Independence inspired Lafayette to buy a ship and sail to America without official permission from France in 1777. In America, he became an unpaid volunteer on George Washington's staff. He participated in the Battle of Brandywine in 1777 and soon became a major general. While spending the winter in Valley Forge, he became close friends with Washington. He continued to have military commands in 1778, but in 1779 went back to France to advocate the American cause. He returned in 1780 bearing the news to Washington that the Comte de Rochambeau would bring French troops to assist him. Lafayette next went to Virginia, where he battled Cornwallis until Cornwallis retreated to Yorktown. After Yorktown, Lafayette was the "diplomatic aide-de-camp" to Benjamin Franklin in Paris and continued to voice American interests to the French government. Lafayette had an illustrious and tumultuous political career in France during the French Revolution, the Reign of Terror, Napoleon, and the Restoration Era, throughout which he defended his concept of liberty.
This little froggy helped US become USA.
Yeah! Don't forget old Lafeyette! Because he was French... so that makes it relevant.
Of course the French Government at the time was the French Monarchy... a completely distinct, wholly separate nation from that which stands for France today; or stood for France a generation later... when the Leftist revolted and murdered tens of thousands of those who supported the French Crown, in the wake of little faux-trials... all in the name of FAIRNESS of course.
And also don't forget that it's those leftist that we in large measure responsible for WW2, advancing that same snotty attitude... until the Germans just got tired of it an rose up and kicked their collective frog ass.
SO HERE'S to the sixth French Republic... "What's one more failure!"
LOL... Leftists.