Whilst I am the first one to refer to the French government over the last century as a bunch of "brie-eating surrender monkeys,"
this in no way means the individual French soldiers and officers are "poules mouillees." Au contraire, I believe that France has
brave and professional soldiers and officers equal to the ones in ANY OTHER COUNTRY. It is the leadership of France and its press
that are questionable.
Denys
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Good one. :-) ROTFLOL!!
Ray Shahan
"Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans", John Lennon
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> From: Tracy Pierce [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 9:24 AM
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> Subject: OT:France Announces Troop Deployment
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> France Announces Troop Deployment
> World news.
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> President Jacques Chirac announced today that France would be deploying
> two elite units of French troops to Iraq in the event of war. Five
> hundred crack troops from the 42nd Groupement d' Instruction en
> Abandonment (42nd Surrender Instruction Group) are mobilizing to assist
> the Iraqi Army in the finer points of military surrender.
>
>
> "The immediate capitulation of an armed force is a delicate and intricate
> tactic in which we French have much experience." said Defense Ministry
> spokesperson General de Armee Francois-Phillippe Hommes de Petit-Pommes.
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> "There is a certain protocol in laying down your arms or fleeing the
> battlefield. To wave the white flag while remaining pompous and
> insufferable requires experience and training.
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> The French Army believes it is second to none in the fine art of
> surrendering quickly. The record of our armed forces in that area speaks
> for itself. The Iraqi performance in giving up without a fight during the
> last Gulf War was slip-shod. We hope to improve their level of surrender
> execution for the next war."
>
>
> General Hommes de Petit-Pommes further announced that 1,000 advisors from
> the Regiment de Collaborateurs Francais will also be dispatched to Iraq to
> assist the Iraqi people in colloborating effectively with any occupation
> force.
>
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