Robert from LA: "France's Georges Clemenceau and Britain's Neville Chamberlain" ? Chamberlain was an appeaser, and Clemenceau was the French version of Churchill in WWI -- a war in which the French military had losses unlike ANYTHING in US history. French KIA in WWI would be statistically equivalent of the US today losing 30 million men KIA. 1. Trying to link Clemenceau to Chamberlain is simply inane. Different era, different philosophy. 2. Denigrating the French military is a habit of people who don't know the basic facts of early twentieth century history. The idea that the US could suffer that level of casualties and be ready for more twenty years later is, to put it mildly, optimistic speculation. But don't let actual facts interfere with your jingoism. [I'd say chauvinism, but that would be French. :)]