" I am sorry, but people in the USA hate the French" Larry K

Wow. Am I out of touch. I don't know anyone who says they hate the French. Maybe I need to live on the East Coast? In Oregon and in Alaska I have heard no such thing. Except from our government. More's the pity. The French have been of great assistance to this country, starting from very early days, indeed. They have pulled our bacon out of the fire on more than one occasion.

I have some friends who do a great deal of traveling- they're gone to Brazil, at the moment- they don't have kids so this is how they like to spend their money- and last year they went to Provence and to Paris. They said they were braced for anti-American sentiment but were met everywhere by friendly, helpful people. They stayed in a couple of B&Bs and enjoyed it very much. Neither of them speaks more than a smattering of French.

I think generalisations tend not to be of much value.