ITYM "where the British go their asses kicked..." The War of 1812 was between the US and the British Empire.

I did not in fact engage in any America-bashing, as far as I can tell. I reacted, somewhat vigorously perhaps, to what I believe is an unwarranted insult -- that ungrateful France laid down without a fight in two world wars only to be rescued by the US. That is not how things happened, and it is my opinion that it's outrageous to let such falsehoods be uttered without a challenge. If my remarks regarding the US participation in WWII were percieved as an attack on America, know that this was not my intent. It is well documented that an atmosphere of fear and defeatsim permeated much of the French political, and some of the military, elites during the run-up to WWII, and, in my opinion, not surprisingly so considering the position they were in. However, I do take issue with people who bundle up WWI right along with WWII as examples of "French cowardice". At a time such as this, when it is considered an affront to the memory of the 3200+ American dead in Irak to question the handling of military operations over there, I believe it is an affront at least as despicable to tax the almost 2,000,000 French citizens, military or civilian, who died fighting what was, after all, a war of survival.

And commenting on other women while I'm there isn't the way to go either. I had this group project in university with 3 otherwise very nice guys, but they would sometimes stop a conversation about the project to look at girls that would pass nearby and then proceed to discuss how hot they were. I mean, sheesh! Keep your hormones in check! :-)