TKID4 was reflecting on what might lead an entire country to be labeled cowardly. Sure, everyone knows the French are afraid of their own shadows, but HOW exactly did we figure this out? Though TKID4 did rather poorly in his long-past academic studies of mathematics, he prefers to answer questions numerically. While we all agree that the French bravely turn their pansy arses and flee at the first sign of trouble, this may be the first published attempt to prove their innate cowardice.
TKID4 thought battle deaths might be a good place to start.
In the 20th Century, the total number of in-theater battle deaths suffered by the U.S.A was about 650,000. Approximately 290,000 American soldiers died in WWII alone.
Now to the French. In World War I, France sustained 1.4 million battle deaths. And since the two largest wars of all time were fought with massive fronts on French soil, the country also suffered huge numbers of civilian casualties.
Unfortunately, these figures do not seem to support TKID4's theory. With a current population of 60 million in France, there are about five Americans to every Frenchie. This proportion was somewhat smaller during much of the 20th Century, so let's estimate a one Frenchie = four Amuricans ratio for these purposes. This means that France lost approximately 8.6 times more soldiers in a single war than the U.S. lost in an entire century. TKID4 has also learned that French casualties in the first battle of the Somme, which lasted only a couple months, were about 195,000.
Now, this does not mean the French are brave. On the contrary, they are clearly sissies. Furthermore, TKID4 has bravely brought this information to light despite the fact that it severely undermines his argument. (No media bias here!) He would also like everyone to remember just how tuff Dubya looked while sauntering in that flight suit.
