WOULD YOU HELP ME TAKE BACK THE SENATE??
Posted on 10/02/2002 8:13:29 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/13/2004 3:37:23 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
UNITED NATIONS -- Russia said Wednesday it would consider a new resolution governing weapons inspections in Iraq. France also backed changes in the U.N. weapons program, but its proposal did not include tough conditions demanded by the United States.
While both countries appeared open to writing new rules for the inspection regime, Moscow and Paris remained at odds with Washington over the key U.S. demand - Security Council authorization to use force against Saddam Hussein even before inspectors set foot in Baghdad.
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The occasion was the third great German breakthrough of 1918, when the 4th Marine Brigade and its parent 2d Infantry Division were thrown in to help stem the tide in the Belleau wood sector. The 2d Battalion, 5th Marines [2/5], had just arrived at its position when a speeding automobile skidded through the snow to a halt and a frantic French officer dashed out and approached the commanding officer. He explained that a full retreat was in progress and that orders were for the Marines to withdraw. The Marine officer exclaimed in amazement...
"Retreat Hell! We just got here".
And the Marines proceeded to prove their point. The battalion dug in and took up firing positions. As the Germans approached, they came under rifle fire which was accurate at ranges beyond their comprehension. The Marine Corps long stressed in its training the sound principles of marksmanship, quickly took the heart out of the German troops and subsequent Marine attacks through Belleau Wood earned the Corps infantrymen the title "Devil Dogs".
Eventually the French returned....with cheese.
we have stuck by those documents and the French have had at least a DOZEN constitutions since then!!
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