Felicia R. Lee discusses American anti-gallic & anti-teutonic feeling; although she credits the Simpsons with the phrase �surrender-monkey�, she coyly refuses to cite the whole thing, omitting "cheese-eating". A few thoughts: It's a little odd that Americans seem to be angrier at the French than at the Germans. Maybe it's that French superciliousness. Anyway, although the French certainly can be irriating, it's childish to fall into this us/them game, where if you're not with us, you're against us. And talk of boycotts against Germany or France is dumb; it won't change the minds of the average anti-war protester and as a commentator pointed out on this broadcast, globalization means that it would backfire. And another thing--just because we helped the French out in WW I & II, and rebuilt Germany, that doesn't mean they have to agree with us all of the time.