It was Charles de Gaulle who pulled France would of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It is clear why de Gaulle would remove France from NATO and why the nation was returned until now: the French are resentful of the Anglo-Saxons. de Gaulle hid out in London when the Nazis took over his country and established the collaborationist Vichy government.

It was American troops who liberated Paris, but we were kind enough to let the French troops led by a returned de Gaulle to lead the march down the Elysse.

But American could never win an regard from a nation bitter due to its loses to Germany twice in a few decades, and the French just took at their snobbery against us innocent Americans.

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The French have always sought to be the head of a non-Anglo-Saxon world. Former President Jacques Chirac desperately wanted to see a bipolar world [instead of the unipolar American one] that France would co-lead.

But America is the hegemonic power and wishing it otherwise won’t change that. And besides even if there was a bipolar world, France would not lead it. And especially not under the governorship of a man who was recently hospitalized after being attacked by his pet poodle.

Well, under Americophone Nicholas Sarkozy the French have finally decided to break bread with the Saxons. France was returned to NATO [France never entirely left NATO, just its military hierarchy]. It required a parliamentary vote. And after MPs from both sides criticized the idea of an American-led NATO - they just couldn’t help themselves - it passed handsomely.

Obama welcomed the move: “I enthusiastically welcome the decision made by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to fully reintegrate France into the NATO Alliance. . . . France is a founding member of NATO and has been a strong contributor to NATO missions throughout the alliance’s history,” he said. “The United States is committed to its success, and knows that it is through close cooperation with allies and partners that we can overcome our most difficult challenges.”