The French are Cheese-Eating cowards...

...that just rescued a bunch of Americans trapped in Liberia.

June 9, 2003 | MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- French military helicopters evacuated Americans and other foreigners from the besieged capital of Liberia at dawn Monday, ferrying them from embassy compounds to a French navy ship in the Atlantic.

...By midafternoon, France had evacuated 350 people -- including Americans, Europeans, Lebanese, Indians, and others -- to the French ship Orage, which planned to sail to neighboring Ivory Coast, French Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Christian Baptiste said in Paris.

You'd think a country that has it's capital city named after an American president would garner more interest. You'd think we'd care enough to save our own civilians.

To be fair, the French probably had the advantage of being able to find Liberia on a map.

Jeeze, I really am in a bitter mood today.