it's a joke, Denys.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Denys Beauchemin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 9:11 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: France Announces Troop Deployment
>
>
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Shahan, Ray
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 10:42 AM
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> Subject: Re: France Announces Troop Deployment
>
> Good one. :-) ROTFLOL!!
>
> Ray Shahan
>
> "Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans",
> John Lennon
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tracy Pierce [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 9:24 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: OT:France Announces Troop Deployment
> >
> > France Announces Troop Deployment
> > World news.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> >
> > "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.
> >
> >
> > 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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