re: WTF is wrong with the French?

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Uh. I think you're leaving out a pretty large part of the history of Napoleon to fit your narrative. Remember the whole getting his arse kicked and losing Paris before being exiled thing?

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it's clear to me you have no understanding of history. Napoleon made several blunders that caused his army to fail, not least of which was attacking Russia in winter. This seems to be a common failing among world conquerors....

Nowhere does that insinuate cowardice or an inability to fight, as the OP suggested.

Napoleon is one of the tactical geniuses of all time, his Imperial Guard were the elite of the elite for their time. They got old and were wasted at the end. He also refused to commit (the Old Guard) in timely fashion at Waterloo, or things may have swung a different way.

Please tell me more what you think you know about France's military history, jackass.