Actually, Soprano, the French have always been delighted to welcome, for example, the British Normandy Veterans. I've been in Normandy with school groups many times, and the French I spoke to were extremely fond of the old men who attended the gatherings. You sound awfully cynical. As for the Poles, my late father often spoke with great espect for the Polish airmen drafted into our Air Force during the war. They were brave and steady men.