http://reu-oi.blogspot.com/

I chose this blog written by a/a number of French national(s), showing their view towards America, it is neutral(-ish) and informs people of American policies and what is happening in the United states of America.. It is surprisingly neutral, most French people have an unknown hate for a country that they help bring into this world. The hate by the French always dumbfounds me.

Many of my French friends hate America and Americans, without ever being there and not knowing much about it. I think this may be jealousy, envy and a bit of media spin. The French hatred is bred into kids from a young age, the older generation is grateful for the aid America brought in WWII but they seem bitter about it. Parent generation have been brought up with this notion and post Vietnam, as well as the left wing policies of past Governments in France, which the media sucks up to. France brought about the problems in Vietnam and committed horrid atrocities, however this is forgotten in the back of history books thanks the carpet bombing and Napalm strikes of the United States.

In the past few years the French have felt smug as they didn't get involved in the Iraq war, which has turned out a good choice. However, reading off one of the posts in the blog, one can see that the French seem to not care about the world, their troops were almost withdrawn when they lost 10 troops in Afghanistan. They only sent (initially) 100 solders to the Lebanon crisis. The French seem to think that war is below them and refuse to shift their weight in conflicts which has meant undue strain on British, Italian and German armies. The French dislike and negative view of America is one which is detrimental to world politics and seems to be brought by the fact they think differently and policies have been different.