Re:The French have a lot of nerve to try this. (Score 1)

Remember that MOST of World War I was on French soil with the second most on Belgium. France lost over 2 million soldiers (Germany about 3.5 M) before United States even thought about that nasty Europeon war. Remember that WWI was almost over by 1917 (Austria, Germany, Turkey) were almost out of resources (including men and machines). By march 1918, United States had a small force training in England.

Or course WWI ended on November 11th 1918.