France and Germany bear immense guilt from the past, greatly straining face-to-face relations with the U.S. on defense-related issues. France desperately desires to free itself from it’s cowardly image, but contradicts that desire by its failure to accept leadership roles to resolve Balkan, Iranian and Israeli-Palistinian flashpoints. After starting two world wars, the second of which left her in ruins, Germany offers nothing to defend herself or assist in containing/defusing unrest in the world’s troubled regions. Both nations owe their very existence to America, who shed its blood to free them. But instead of support, France and Germany offer little but arrogance and distain. And these are nations our mainstream media refer to as our allies?
