Probably a lot better for a lot of people at the time. The French were mainly interested in gaining advantage over the British in the Caribbean and India. By supporting the revolutionaries in the 13 Colonies, they hoped to stretch the British forces to the point of gaining advantage elsewhere. Then there was the simple matter of a bit of revenge for the loss of their colonies in North America.
It would have been very interesting to see what would have occurred if the government of George III was more reasonable towards the complaints of the colonists and the French were not so interested in helping out the revolutionaries. larry At 08:13 AM 2/6/03 -0500, you wrote: >Now I'm all for bad mouthing the French, but doesn't anybody remember >the Revolutionary War? > >If it weren't for the French who knows how that war would have gone. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 7:35 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Secretary Powell's Presentation > > > > Did anyone get my "possibilities" message last night? > > > > Oh also I saw this great quote: > > > > "God bless the French, someone once said, they're always there when >they > > need us. Well, Lafayette, we have arrived twice this past century to > > rescue Europe, and that debt has been paid in full. With the blood of > > our finest. This country is not prepared to pay for Europe's follies a > > third time, not after Sept. 11." > > > > Tim > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
