It's the French GOVERNMENT who doesn't want to go to war. NOT the French people. The French people who own businesses, and trying to make a living.

and France is a small ass country, they're not the great and big nation that America is.

And it's all political anyway.

Here's an interview a friend did of me. I hope this'll clear some ambiguity (sp?)

1. Q: How do you feel when Americans these days say so many bad things about the French, and the fact that they refused to allow the US and its coalition to go to war?
A: As an American citizen, I side with the people who aren’t happy about the French’s current position. I am saddened to see that my native country won’t help us fight to free the world of an oppressor. However, as a native Frenchman, I can see the reasons why they won’t go to war and I don’t agree with all of this “boycotting the French” thing.
2. Q: Why is that?
A: France is a country that is populated by millions of northern Africans (Algerians, Moroccans etc…) and Middle Easterners (Arabs, Iranians etc.), many of which are illegally present in the country. So now, picture this: You’re in Chinatown in San Francisco, and you’re the mayor of that city. You say “Let’s go to war with China! Chinese people are terrorists!” What do you think will happen? The Chinese population will rise and show their disdain about the mayor, they will have marches against the war. Some however may go into unlawful acts, break windows, loot stores etc.
But in the case of France, many of its illegal (and even legal immigrants), are unruly, live in projects ran by gangs where the police fear to go to. That’s the side of France that many Americans do not know of, but that I have lived in and with for fifteen and a half years of my life. So if you don’t see France saying “Let’s go to Iraq and fight,” it’s not because of its oil contracts (though I’m sure it plays a part in it), it’s not because they do not believe Saddam is an evil-doer, it’s because they fear for their own people. The repercussions of having the French President wanting to go to war would be terrible.

3. Q: Are you saying that the French people would want to go to war?
A: Hell yeah! If you read any French newspapers (online) you will see that in the projects, security is a real concern. Paramedics, if called, will not go there alone. They will request a police escort, because otherwise, they will get mugged, hit by rocks thrown at them etc. It’s a really bad situation. So in a way, many French people would like to see these people leave the country. It might seem a bit racist to say that, but the truth is, the majority of immigrants, illegal or not, do not want to go with the program. They are violent, the law and law enforcement does little to prevent them from doing so. Maybe if they were to commit a crime, and then deported as a result of it, it would deter them from even thinking about them in the first place.

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