When he said thank France for gift of Freedom, I thought he just meant the statue of liberty itself, which I think is a nice gift for what it is, though its general relevance to the matter at hand I wasn't overly sure on.
Otherwise yeah, the French didn't help USA's independence fight much, and only did as much as they did in order to hurt Britain. There have been plenty of such politics in the past, which don't tend to carry forward an idea of debt owed.
While I am one who thinks the US came in later in both World Wars than they should have, (especially the 2nd - the first while horrific was based around different belligerents, no real 'right' or 'wrong' side like can generally be said for WW2), if (and it's a big if) between France and USA one county owed the other, I thought it would be France owing USA....
Obama, a few days ago - ISIS is "contained"
- 14/11/2015 08:22:40 PM
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What does one thing have to do with the other?
- 14/11/2015 09:30:59 PM
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Oh, you poor naive silly man
- 15/11/2015 12:15:48 AM
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I quite agree it was inevitably going to happen. Doesn't stop it from being tasteless and silly. *NM*
- 15/11/2015 01:29:18 AM
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Exactly.
- 16/11/2015 10:01:14 AM
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Buash and Cheney created the mess in the Middle East?Now thats funny *NM*
- 16/11/2015 01:39:32 PM
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What exactly destabilized Iraq?
- 16/11/2015 02:03:19 PM
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Does that mean you support secular dictators?
- 17/11/2015 01:50:52 AM
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Bush signed the withdrawal agreement, not Obama.
- 17/11/2015 05:53:13 PM
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stop reading crazy left wing sources
- 17/11/2015 07:24:49 PM
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The withdrawal and its timeline were part of the 2008 SOFA signed by Bush.
- 17/11/2015 07:36:56 PM
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Just becuase people tell you stupid things does not mean you have to believe them
- 19/11/2015 07:34:25 PM
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Wow! I'm communicating with someone from an alternate reality. *NM*
- 19/11/2015 10:32:56 PM
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Obama pullying troops out early
- 17/11/2015 07:22:10 PM
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How did ISIS start in Syria? Clearly it started in Iraq.
- 17/11/2015 07:50:36 PM
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If you want to take it back far enough it began in fighting Russia in Afghanistan
- 18/11/2015 01:25:06 PM
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Confirmed - one of the terrorists was a "Syrian Refugee"
- 15/11/2015 01:35:11 AM
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I can't see how you get from A to B
- 16/11/2015 01:42:04 PM
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The fingerprints match the refugee so yes, it's confirmed. The mastermind posed as one, too.
- 17/11/2015 01:45:33 AM
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78% of all Syrian "refugees" are men. Something is up. *NM*
- 17/11/2015 04:03:14 AM
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And sadly, Germany is too emasculated to respond adequately.
- 17/11/2015 03:52:45 PM
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Yup 
*NM*
- 17/11/2015 05:53:08 PM
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*NM*
- 17/11/2015 05:53:08 PM
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Well, when those who want mid-1930s Germany back are disappointed...
- 17/11/2015 10:35:45 PM
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No. You've just gone from a horrific extreme to the pathetic opposite extreme. *NM*
- 20/11/2015 06:08:05 PM
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Deport the economic refugees to where, precisely?
- 17/11/2015 08:14:51 PM
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Back to their home countries
- 17/11/2015 10:13:51 PM
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Right. In that case, yes, they're working on that.
- 17/11/2015 10:55:55 PM
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10% acceptance for Pakistan still sounds high
- 18/11/2015 02:37:29 AM
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No one says it's easy, but the alternatives are so much worse
- 18/11/2015 08:18:47 AM
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Just answer one question
- 20/11/2015 06:05:41 PM
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Trump maintains his lead. A poll today from New Hampshire has him solidly leading.
- 17/11/2015 01:55:00 AM
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Calling all liberal posters - Paris Mastermind boasts about using the refugee crisis
- 17/11/2015 04:30:25 AM
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Again, you're doing a great job for them.
- 17/11/2015 08:17:09 AM
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"Even if there were a handful of terrorists among the refugees"
- 17/11/2015 01:23:54 PM
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Re: "Even if there were a handful of terrorists among the refugees"
- 19/11/2015 11:42:12 PM
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"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...."
- 20/11/2015 12:37:55 AM
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It's a fucking statue. It has nothing to do with freedom or anything of the sort.
- 20/11/2015 01:17:57 AM
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For better or worse...
- 21/11/2015 04:56:50 AM
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