233 years ago today, the Kingdom of France recognized those United States.
Friday, December 17, 2010
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Defending the Old European Order, which was unplugged by the 28th President of those United States
and otherwise rejecting anything Wilsonian or related,
wherever it might be
233 years ago today, the Kingdom of France recognized those United States.
Posted by J.K. Baltzersen at 6:07 AM
Labels: France, short note
2 comments:
Reminds me somewhat of Kaiser Wilhelm II letting Lenin pass through Germany into Russia: thus destroying an enemy, but in the not-so-long run destroying oneself.
Of course, France had little way of knowing the consequences the USA would have (and even if it did, I suspect thanks to men like Lafayette that they still would have gone on).
Firmus et Rusticus
http://firmusenglish.blogspot.com/
Indeed the parallels are there, sir!
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