How would the people who participated in the 100 year war or the Battle of Waterloo would feel about the French ownership of the largest selling Single Malt Scotch Whisky in the world? Not only are the Fench profiting on something made in Scotland, they are leveraging the legacy and the Scotch reputation as well.
P.S. If you don't know it already, and have not figured it out by now, Glenlivet is one of the many Scothc Whisky brands owned by Pernod Ricard - a French company.