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To: Mollypitcher1

Er sorry but the British naval commander that day was not the progenitor of Lord Nelson. Nevertheless it is true that if he had not turned tail with his intact fleet and instead had forced a relief of Cornwallis, the war might have ended differently. So yes. That was and remains the last significant “victory” of the French Navy. Its a waste of time for the US Navy to be training with the French on outmoded surface capital ships of any sort that will not survive modern technological warfare against a sophisticated opponent. The “battleship admirals” would be better off exercising with the Swedes who have developed innovative, quiet submarines. The French are worthless and useless.


6 posted on 03/15/2019 7:42:35 AM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: allendale

. The French are worthless and useless.
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Your total IGNORANCE is astonishing. You must be a BRIT!
In any fight I’ll take the French over the Brits any day!!!


7 posted on 03/15/2019 8:21:12 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: allendale

“The French are worthless and useless.”

I think King Harold II might take issue with that statement as evidenced by the outcome on 14 Oct 1066.


8 posted on 03/15/2019 8:39:49 AM PDT by Portcall24
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