David:

Now we come to the "Chicken and the egg" theory.

If France had not helped us succeed, they might have spent their resources to become the dominant super power in the world. Yes, we would still be a British colony, but would never have succeeded in the way we did as a free nation. France may have ended up the dominant power in Europe, and the nazis might never have attained the power to allow a hitler to come to pass.

Yes, I agree we helped defeat the nazis and free France, but as the "Chicken and the egg" argument goes, you can continue this discussion until some one finally finds the root number of "pi", and even then it would never end.

Bountyhunter