I don't hate France and I don't dislike French folks. The title of your thread is a gratuitous assertion that has no basis in fact.

I do dislike folks like the ones I met in Quebec once. They were speaking English when I walked in the door of the convenience store. I asked for directions, but they wouldn't answer me in English. Bear in mind that I heard them speaking English when I walked in the door. Folks like that are jerks. I went down the road a bit, walked in a gas station. The man that helped me spoke English, and as he and a friend were working out directions for me, they spoke French. Then he told me in English how to reach my destination. Lovely couple of folks there.

But that was Canada, not France. All the French folks that I have ever met were very cordial. As to Iraq, they were right.
Mick