Historians are upset as France re—writes history to add glory to its colonial history. This is the nation that accuses the US of fabrications? The French colonial machinations and mistreatment of locals indisputably played a huge role in the South East Asia travails of the Vietnam era and have poisoned the people of the Middle East with an anti—Western obsession.

How low can a supposedly great nation go? We are finding out.

Ed Lasky  10 23 05