Posted already? French put 60,000 red roses on the graves

[revcarol]

of our war dead, in Normandy and elsewhere.For July 4.(per NPR today)

They truly honor our dead, and we bash them.

[JohnKleeb]

1. what a gesture

wouldnt you agree? They really do love us they may not respect our decisions or like them but they love us and remember our fallen heroes may they all rest in peace.

[SoCalDem]

5. Freeps would have put Freedom fries on the graves

and called Brit Hume to do the interviews with the patriots who decorated the graves..

[proud patriot]

2. Yes it's an anual tradition of the French on the 4th of July

I'm so sick of this boyhood fued of bush gang of thugs.

[ButterflyBlood]

3. more proof of how dumb the anti-French people are

[ninkasi]

4. The French bashing...

is just childish. There were other countries opposed to Bush's invasion, and we didn't go to the same lengths to bash and ridicule them.

I hate it that the current gang in power are destroying this country, and our world reputation. I can't wait til they're out. We should be reaching out to other countries, not bullying and swaggering.

I seriously doubt this country would have had the class to do the same, if there were French graves here.

[BonjourUSA]

9. This idiocy would stop a day… I hope so

:toast:

Like 79 million people, come in France, you'll be welcomed

[Tinoire]

6. They do honor them

And year round, they lovingly clean the graves and keep them looking immaculate!


July 14th is Bastille Day- I WILL be celebrating in the French Quarter of San Francisco.

Vive La France!

[NNN0LHI]

7. The French school children are each assigned to care for one grave

They do a meticulous job too.

Don

[Tinoire]

8. I didn't realize that. Interesting factoid. Thanks :) n/t

[phillybri]

10. Kick

:kick:

[ShaneGR]

11. LINK???????

Was just wondering.....

[revcarol]

12. Heard on NPR on July 4, have seen pictures in years before..

Believe we won't see any pictures this year from our propagandists in the media.NPR proceeded to praise Bush for his war stanceYUKKO.
No link that I know of.

[cmd]

16. I saw pictures this year, but don't have a link

I should have sent it to my congressman, the idiot one who was responsible for renaming French fries.

[Paschall]

17. Here are pics from the American Cemetery of the Somme at Bony

July 4, 2003

[MaineDem]

13. Merci, mes amies francaises

I think I got that right!

This French-bashing is one of the most idiodic and enraging things I have seen in ages. Makes me embarrassed to be an American!

[Cheswick2.0]

14. thanks Rev

I needed to hear that story, it restores a little of my faith in humanity which is destroyed on a daily basis by the right wing hate machine.

[Gringo]

15. Geez, don't those cheese-eating surrender monkey frogs know

that the correct thing to do when disagreeing with an ally is to endlessly smear them and change anything named after them, threaten to return all gifts from said country, and make up epithets like "cheese-eating surrender monkey frogs"?

Those haughty French bastards need to watch more Fox News and learn how to really be virtuous.


An aside, I don't think most Americans EVER agreed with the French-bashing - it was mostly in the realm of AM hate radio, idiotic "morning drive" shows, and Leno.

The French were right, and a hell of a lot of us knew it.

And why was there no German, or even Mexican bashing?