I agree that this original song shouldn't be banned - it's no worse than "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue", which just recently was #1, so I don't understand the reasoning. Not a bad job, I like the historical premise for the parody.

I don't know the song, but....www.francestinks.com :-D

Nice work, well thought out and well grounded in a factual historical perspective. Minimal use of slang and profanity will probably make it unappealing to a significant number of readers on this site.

I don't think the original should be banned, as everyone's entitled to their opinion, but it makes some serious stretches. I mean, saying that if you're against the war with Iraq, you've forgotten about Osama and 9/11? Iraq is bad, but they weren't behind 9/11, al Qaeda was. Amazing how Bush has made that shift without factual basis.

Geez....more comments then votes, come on guys vote! Just because it's pro-war and doesn't curse every other word doesn't make it a bad parody...

I would vote on it, but I dont know the original

I think the original is better even though this is a good parody. It doesn't matter what anyone says I don't think the original should be banned.

I really like this parody...I think the song says it all.

Its about time someone here in the USA stood up for the meaning of this song. And gave our troops full support who have gone to war to protect our country, families, and freedom!!!

Really choked ! how could a country song be pro-war knowing that country lyrics usually talk about love !!!

This song is great. We can't forget the past easily

We can't forget the past easily, Gosper? More like let's look at how we are remembering the past. Let's look at all the reasons we went to war in Vietnam and how much harm we did to our own troops and to children and other non-combatants. Let's remember how the French helped us get our freedom and remember that France couldn't have been liberated without the French resistance. History is complex, and flattening it into good guys and bad guys makes us ignorant at best, liars and in denial certainly. That is not what my family is fighting for now or has fought for in past wars. And I voted here as I do in every election. I don't think the original should be banned, but neither should we ban the Dixie Chicks.

Of course the harm in Vietnam started with FRANCE who colonized it for years before the US ever stepped foot there. The French helped us because it suited them at the moment, since they were at war with Britain anyway, and the loss of the American colonies was a strategic blow to Britain. And after that it was nothing but problems with France....Go to the encyclopedia and look up the XYZ affair...essentially the French double-crossed us at the first available moment, and we were a hair's breath away from war with France at that point. And that has continued to the present day with Iraq.

O.k., the original made my head spin - what an insult to human intelligence, what a masterpiece of using emotions to over rule rational thought and pesky little facts. But it has a good melody, es easily sung along and grabs the U.S. citizien by his patriotism - and if he refuses to sing along, then he's a traitor to the poor victims and his proud country. Dreary dreary me, where ever have I seen this before. As for the "I don't like the french because they disagree with U.S., politics" version: where is this a parody? as far as I know a parody is supposed to make fun of a piece or form of poetry and keep its style while changing the content into something opposing the original's content. This "French Edition" doesn't question or oppose the content of the original, it extends its twisted logic to insult "the French". It shows a superficial knowledge of history - everything that fits nicely into "every U.S. citizen is a hero by heritage" picture is remembered, everything else is ignored. The logical mistakes are pretty obvious: critical views towards a war are equalised with "not caring for freedom", "the ones behind Saddam" are a unspecified mass which "we vow we'll get" - so, the only justification required for attacking somebody - Syria, France, whomever - is to throw him/them into that mass. Incidently, not all that long ago (not as long as the 2. WW) american interests were not so very opposed to dealing _with_ Saddam. Does that make them "the ones behind Saddam" too? And the connection between 2. WW and Saddam Hussein. O.k., again everthing not fitting with the "we are heroes, everybody else is a coward". Ehm. Fifty years ago U.S. troops were among those who fought against Nazi Germany, therefore every european country is in duty to agree with every thing any U.S. president plans to do? O.k., since the actions of a country over its history oblige every body who benefited from them to eternal obedience: During the "American Revolution" the citizens of the british colonies received substantial military help from *suprise* France, as well as from a couple of indigenous tribes. The latter were slaughtered off by their victorious allies shortly afterwards, but since France still exists, I guess that means the U.S. are still bound to jump through hoops when asked to in a french accent. It seems the strategy of both the original and the imitation are not to remember the past, but to remember as much of it as suits the current political issues.

How sad. Another song that promotes division in this world, about a topic as tragic as the Iraq war, which Bush entered without a shred of proof or International support. Contrary to American perception, the world doesn't hate the US, but these kinds of efforts don't help. PS: thanks to the US for ignoring the Nazis and joining WWII 2 years after the rest of the world after getting bombed at Pearl. Or "have you forgotten"?

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