Where did the "French are wimps" come from?

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
They were wimps because they didn't want to believe Saddam had WMDs and didn't want to spend billions in a war using said justification.

I'd call them smart.

BOO.

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

I've enjoyed making fun of the French for many, many years. They smell bad, they're rude, they're arrogant, and their women are hairy.

And we saved their asses in WWII.

The US seems to excel at arrogance - and then brag about it.

Yep, the American way!

Where in Pennsylvania do you live?

 

[Darilus]

Originally posted by: Kaervak

Originally posted by: loki8481
I think it came about after World War 2.

I never understood it, though... even if the French had stood up to the Nazis, no good would have come of it -- they'd still have lost, they'd just have a higher body count and Paris would have been destroyed.

/gotta stand up for the motherland

The French did stand up to the nazi's. The problem with their defense was it was based on a ground invasion. The Luftwaffe (German Airforce) obliterated their defense from the air leaving little standing in their way.

The problem with their defenses was that they were static, and they depended on an "unpassable" region to secure the northern end of the Maginot Line.

If I remember right the Germans didn't even both taking the Maginot line until after the surrender. (Later they turned the guns around to hold off the Allies. For all the good it did.)

 

[GreasyBurger]

Originally posted by: amdfanboy
When did it start?

When they got their ass kicked in almost every war.

 

[imported_Pablo]

Originally posted by: Saulbadguy
Mainly when the French (and many other countries) decided not to support the US's unilateral actions vs Iraq in the UN. The rednecks (i.e. ultra-conservatives, not neocons) think its cool to make fun of the French.

"We saved their asses in WWII!"

If you think the French being portrayed as wimps started in the Iraq war, you're sadly mistaken... Hell, if you just watched television in the 1990's you would have known it was prevalent there as well.

 

[jtusa]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
The US seems to excel at arrogance - and then brag about it.

It's because we're better than everyone...

 

[spacelord]

France would have been Hitler's little bitch alot longer if we didn't step in.

 

[FleshLight]

That freedom crap didn't apply only to the french. It was also used to describe Russian, Japanese, and German products. IE Hamburger would be Freedom Patty or something.

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: newnameman

Originally posted by: BW86

Originally posted by: toekramp
when they lost every war

 

[GoingUp]

Originally posted by: Saulbadguy

Originally posted by: Hammer
after napoleon

Actually, thats when the Frenchs military domination ended, when he was defeated. The French were a major military power for hundreds of years, up until his defeat. It all went downhill from there.

Naploean wasnt even french. He was from corsica.

 

[jtusa]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs

Originally posted by: Saulbadguy

Originally posted by: Hammer
after napoleon

Actually, thats when the Frenchs military domination ended, when he was defeated. The French were a major military power for hundreds of years, up until his defeat. It all went downhill from there.

Naploean wasnt even french. He was from corsica.

French owned again.

 

[Triumph]

Originally posted by: Saulbadguy
Mainly when the French (and many other countries) decided not to support the US's unilateral actions vs Iraq in the UN. The rednecks (i.e. ultra-conservatives, not neocons) think its cool to make fun of the French.

"We saved their asses in WWII!"

I resent that. I've been making fun of the French long before 9/11!