No, and anyone who proposes such a thing is un-American.
I forget, was it the 1st or 2nd French Republic that enabled the American colonies to win their war of independence ?
Enemy of my enemy, lesser of two evils, etc.
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What's to question?
relevance.
I realize I didn't word that very well. My point was that the United States and the French Monarchy having a common enemy in England doesn't necessarily mean that the French Monarchy stood for the same values as the United States.
True, but one can still be grateful.
What purpose would gratitude serve in a situation such as this? America was in no position to somehow prevent the execution of Citizen Capet.