QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Sep 21, 2005 -> 05:26 PM)
Deeply indebted to the French??? No way. It was great of them to help us out in the Revolutionary War, but they did that because they hated Britain, it wasn't because they liked us. Plus we saved them from Germany in World War I and World War II. That's where the quote "Lafeyette, we have finally arrived." I don't know who said that but it was in World War I. If it wasn't for us, they wouldn't be a country either.
The line is "Lafayette, we are here". It was said by general George Pershing upon his arrival.
2nd point...so are you alleging that the French only declared war because they hated the British, but our motives when we declared war on Germany was that we were so friendly with the French, and not Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare resumption in early 1917, the cable they sent to Mexico (over a U.S. owned telegraph line) offering them the return of the territories they lost to the U.S., or the sinking of passenger liners like the Lusitania (which was carrying arms for the British).
So why is it that France declares war on Britain it's because the French hate the British, but when the U.S. declares war on Germany, it's not because we're angry at the Germans?