So American opinions about France are at a new low. With the disagreements about weapons inspections and how to deal with Iraq, tensions have been heightened between the two nations.

While we Americans always like to rub it in France's face about how we bailed them out in WWII, shouldn't we remind ourselves that if it weren't for the French, we may still be singing God Save the Queen or at least swearing allegiance to the crown as part of the British Commonwealth?