hi
yep, it's a little shocking, a french shouldn't say this against america
it sounds like a father saying that he hates his son, I mean this country exists because france decided to support their independence war
napoleon sold all the french territories at discount price to help this young democracy in the begining of the 19th century
there are so many links between those two countries, history, culture, language etc that it would be stupid to say that you hate america
of course there are things to blame, nothing's perfect there, but nothing's perfect in france too
many americans didn't subscribe to this crappy propaganda called "french bashing", I would say most of them
one of my friends who lives in mississipi really enjoyed pissing all those a*****ho*****s by speaking french all the time
her favorite joke was asking for FRENCH fries at the restaurant, I mean very loudly, believe me nobody even tried to bother her according that she's a tall cherokee/irish mixed girl
my neighbor's ancestor voluntered the army as a cavalry officer during the civil war , they still got the uniform at home in their village in balagna, he's kinda hero of the family
voilà
cheers