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Why are Americans so anti- French?
It's very funny actually 
But why is it?
Is it because you have been taught that France screws you over every time it can?
But why is it?
Is it because you have been taught that France screws you over every time it can?
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I thought everyone was anti-French, not just the Americans.
"Paul Hanson, you should give Gibraltar back to the Spanish" - Paiktis, dramatically over-estimating my influence in diplomatic circles.
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Not untill they meet them
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I thought that noone really liked the english myself.
About english not liking french it can be explained through history. Maybe some day Greeks and Turks will simply make fun of eachother like english and french do and not be so serious about it.
But about americans it's like an addiction not to like the french
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No, that's just you.Originally posted by paiktis22
I thought that noone really liked the english myself.
"Paul Hanson, you should give Gibraltar back to the Spanish" - Paiktis, dramatically over-estimating my influence in diplomatic circles.
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I'm just a product of my environment (which is Europe)
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Must be your particular part. Over in my region of the Europe (the English part), the English people are well-liked.
"Paul Hanson, you should give Gibraltar back to the Spanish" - Paiktis, dramatically over-estimating my influence in diplomatic circles.
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Nope. Europe at large I wasn't brought up in Greece
It's alright though I bet in the french forums it is the same in reverse
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It started in the trenches, the soldiers didn't know why they where fighting the war and looked for someone to blame. France, being who they where liberating, was a popular target. Same thing happened in WW2.Rethink Refuse Reduce Reuse
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Hmm I've heard that before. I think that today's France policies have something to do about it too though?Comment
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Like americans even know what's going on outside their border.Originally posted by paiktis22
Hmm I've heard that before. I think that today's France policies have something to do about it too though?
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You have half the answer right there. The English didn't like the French. Even when the Revolutionaries allied with France that dislike must have still been present. Then when France was going bankrupt from the cost of their war with England and their aid to the Revolution in America they started trying to get money from the US resulting in the notorius XYZ Affair.Originally posted by paiktis22
I thought that noone really liked the english myself.
About english not liking french it can be explained through history. Maybe some day Greeks and Turks will simply make fun of eachother like english and french do and not be so serious about it.
But about americans it's like an addiction not to like the french
Plus I think Americans have a hard time understanding that the French sometimes have very different interests than the US does. Then again I think the French sometimes work so hard at having independent interests they sometimes forget that our interests and their interests really do coincide every so often so they go against the US on intertia even when it would be best to not do so.Comment
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Maybe not. But the politicians and media do and they can shape up public opinion.Originally posted by Osweld
Like americans even know what's going on outside their border.
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Hmm, which do you think is closer to France and Germany - Britain or Greece?Originally posted by paiktis22
I'm just a product of my environment (which is Europe)
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