BCBrian,
Here's why we Americans hate the Froggies so much. You, being a history teacher, probably know that the NAZI's just walked over France in the Second World War. The United States later in the war came in and basically beat the NAZI's into the ground, never to rise in force again. Today, 60 years later, the French aren't helping us with our war, in fact they are "un-helping" us by telling the rest of the world that our war is pointless.
The French don't care what happens to the US because they've gotten everything they can out of us. What you said about the French helping us in American Revolution is strange. The French and Brittish have been at odds as long as both contries have existed, and this was their way of fighting the Brits with help. That's all. They were being selfish.
About 150 years later the French got walked over by the NAZI's. The US started fighting with the French because we had a common enemy, and because of our love of freedom. Point is, we helped the French because they were being occupied, but when the Froggies helped us it was because they wanted a fellow country to fight the British with.
By the way, What era in History do you teach?
