. I stated that if there were 360 million Frenchmen, they would beat US economic output any time.
Please explain the calculation you used to arrive at this result. Also please explain why you chose 360 million.
France is a kind of mini-USA and that is already astonishing.
Astonishing in the sense that they both strive for military supremacy, but only one of them has succeeded?
Just building a nuke requires excessive amounts of money and talent.
No, not really. What complexity do you think "building a nuke" involves?
The same is with ballistic missiles
Do you know what a "ballistic missile" actually is? Because an Exocet isn't one.
No doubt.
and Ecole National d'Administration have achieved
When I grow up, I want to go to Bureaucrat School!
So their education system must indeed be marvellous, as their natural resources are quite non-existent.
Nonsense - they have fertile land and weather for wine.
Kicking out people who don't perform ? Very good - it teaches a lesson
Egalit-oh wait, no, just another racist.
The term "engineer" was invented by Napoleonic France.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3223 e Amyral made his engyneour e engyns to sette & bende.
a1500 in J. Gairdner Three 15th-cent. Chrons. (1880) 82 Item, of masones, carpentrs, smythis, engyners, pavylandrs, armorars, goners, and macker of artorie,...
1551 King Edward VI Jrnl. in Lit. Remains (1857) II. 369 Baron de la Garde had seene it [sc. Portesmouth castell] having an ingenir with him, and, as it was thought, had the platte of it.
Well, at least the French have a word for entrepreneur.
No, you've already embarrassed yourself enough.