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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (90291)	12/12/2004 4:49:12 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793747

They shoot into crowds very well over there. Neither France or Germany has a modern Army that would compare to Britain's, much less ours. Getting them to put any troops into a war situation would be a joke. As you are pointing out, they can't even do a competent 19th century job of putting down natives anymore.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (90291)	12/12/2004 12:04:15 PM
From: RinConRon	Respond to of 793747

I was smoothing down the hair on my neck, and about to comment on that article when I read your post. That was my reaction. When have they fought? The greatest marshalling of French forces in recent memory was a couple of years ago when French farmers gathered a thousand or so tractors to block the Chunnel in protest of something or other. If they'd gathered that many tanks in Paris 1940, the Champs D'Elysee would not have become a German boulevard. To Brie or not to Brie, that is their question.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (90291)	12/13/2004 10:15:59 AM
From: Captain Jack	Respond to of 793747

I Wish I Would Have Written this > >Eleven thousand soldiers > >lay beneath the dirt and stone, > >all buried on a distant land > >so far away from home. > > > >For just a strip of dismal beach > >they paid a hero's price, > >to save a foreign nation > >They all made the sacrifice. > > > >And now the shores of Normandy > >Are lined with blocks of white: > >Americans who didn't turn > >from someone else's plight. > > > >Eleven thousand reasons > >for the French to take our side, > >but in the moment of our need, > >they chose to run and hide. > > > >Chirac said every war means loss, > >perhaps for France that's true, > >for they've lost every battle > >since the days of Waterloo. > > > >Without a soldier worth a damn > >to be found within the region, > >the French became the only land > >to need a Foreign Legion. > > > >You French all say we're arrogant. > >Well hell, we've earned the right-- > >We saved your sorry nation > >when you lacked the guts to fight. > > > >But now you've made a big mistake, > >and one that you'll regret; > >you took sides with our enemies, > >and that we won't forget. > > > >It wasn't just our citizens > >you spit on when you turned, > >but every one of yours > >who fell the day the towers burned. > > > >You spit upon our soldiers, > >on our pilots and Marines, > >and now you'll get a little sense > >of just what payback means. > > > >So keep your Paris fashions > >and your wine and your champagne, > >and find some other market > >that will buy your airplanes. > > > >And try to find somebody else > >to wear your French cologne, > >for you're about to find out > >what it means to stand alone. > > > >You see, you need us far more > >than we ever needed you. > >America has better friends > >who know how to be true. > > > > > >I'd rather stand with warriors > >who have the will and might, > >than huddle in the dark > >with those whose only flag is white. > > > >I'll take the Brits, the Aussies, > >the Israelis and the rest, > >for when it comes to valor > >we have seen that they're the best. > > > >We'll count on one another > >as we face a moment dire, > >while you sit on the sideline > >with a sign, "friendship for hire." > > > >We'll win this war without you > >and we'll total up the cost, > >and take it from your foreign aid, > >and then you'll feel the loss. > > > >And when your nation starts to fall, > >well Frenchie, you can spare us, > >just call the Germans for a hand, > >they know the way to Paris.