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NNadir

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3. Perhaps some day France can return the favor and liberate...

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Mon Aug 25, 2025, 10:25 AM

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...Washington from the fascists.

(Actually, in 1944 we were returning a favor. Without French support there was no way the United States could have defeated the British in the American Revolution. )

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