AzA
2010-05-31 14:39:12
The attitude that you are describing is completely consistent with my own experiences living in France as well. They like “Europe” only to the extent that they can presume leadership over it, and use it as a springboard for world influence. Some French are obsessed with the fact that they can’t match to U.S.
I can illustrate that with a personal anecdote. I was once walking and minding my own business when a college-age French kid crossed the street just so he could stop me in my tracks. Face to face, he glared at me and said, in English, “The French airforce could kick the U.S. airforce’s ASS!” Then he stomped off.
