re: #97 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
They had a practical reason for that: they needed fissile material for their own atomic weapons program, the Force de Frappe
That was of course before Starbucks
See where lack of accents gets you into error.
Starbucks sells Frappé, the force de Frappe hits you.
Frappé — has been hit.
Frappe — to hit.