Three of my ancestors died at Agincourt, one (Lord Jean de Croy) leading a sworn band of 18 knights right into the middle of the English Army in an attempt to kill or capture Henry the Fifth. (They were wiped out to the man, but may have killed Henry's second in commnd). De Croy's son-in-law, Jean De Lannoy (ancestor of Franklin Delano Roosevelt) in all likelihood died with him in that charge. Surely no one can dispute the courage of these men.
We must not allow teasing to degenerate into the denigration of an entire people and their history, when our real problem is with the current government playing Vichy to Saddam's Hitler. As Dowding says, every nation has skeletons in their closet; as members of the community of free peoples we have the power and the duty to focus on the issues at hand, give guidance to our "leaders' [who are employees, when all is said and done], and avoid false generalizations, old and irrelevant resentments, group think and other distractions, whether directed at Frenchmen, Muslims, Germans or even Americans. May God give us wisdom to deal with these interesting times, and our leaders as well.
