We tend to lord it over the French with the whole "We saved you twice" routine. We may have tipped the scales in WW1, but the French are the ones who took the casualties. Given that we beat the stuffing out of northern France while liberating it in WW2, it's not hard to see that they might feel that gratitude should be tempered somewhat.
Then there's that Vietnam thing. Having made a complete hash of things, the French then had to endure being ignored by us on the advisability of further involvement.
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