France today: the war in Iraq has led to tensions between France and the U.S. What do French teens really think about the war and America? (World). From: Junior Scholastic | Date: April 25, 2003| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2003 Scholastic, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Lately, the French Embassy in Washington, D.C., has gotten a lot of angry phone calls from Americans. This has saddened some of the French officials who work there.

"We always [felt] very close to America," says an embassy spokesman. "We share the same values. We have the same history for the last 200 years."

Indeed, the U.S. and France have stood side by side for much of that shared history. In 1778, France aided American colonists in their fight for independence from Britain.

During World War II, thousands of U.S. soldiers gave their lives to help liberate France ...

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