[pittsburgh gop guy]

France is the nation that John Kerry should be President of.

[mallardx]

Didn't we "accidentally" drop a bomb on the French Embassy, flattening it, in that raid? If true that's the best part of the story.

[niteowl77]

JF-in'K isn't the Manchurian Candidate...

he's the Parisian Candidate.

Seriously.

[Pastnowfuturealpha]

People should also read an article at the Guardian Unlimited - it also points out the true France, in my opinion.

The article is at:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/secondworldwar/story/0,14058,1318972,00.html

The topic is:

"The government of Charles de Gaulle held hundreds of foreigners, including at least three Britons, in an internment camp near Toulouse for up to four years after the second world war, according to secret documents. "

It mentions France and aiding the Nazi in an area -

Really a telling article - and it's something that Kerry just mentioned De Gaulle's name - indicating he was a trusted friend of America -

What price are we paying for a hidden history -

[Tallguy]

There was a story about an SR-71 Blackbird that had an engine stall returning to it's base in England. 'Unstarts', as they called them, were a common occurance in the thin upper atmosphere. The emergency procedure called for reducing altitude from 80,000 ft to a more modest level (where the atmosphere is thicker) before initiating a restart sequence.

This incident happened over France. The French scrambled a fighter to investigate. He demanded that the gliding SR-71 land at a French airbase. Evidently, the engines restarted, the pilot flipped the French fighter pilot "the bird" and zoom climbed back up to 80,000 ft leaving the French fighter in his jetwash.

Don't know if this is true, but if it isn't, it ought to be.

[Continental Soldier]

As much as I like to believe that America's disagreement with France is just a 'lover's quarrel,' I am pushed more and more to thinking that it is step #1 in a soon-to-be bitter divorce proceding.

[i.l.e.]

When French women are randomly arrested and detained for not covering up and wearing burquas - it will be to late to stop the tide of islamic expansion.

[AnimalLover]

Thought you all might enjoy reading who is buying into
our Defense business!

U.S.-Europe fight over Boeing and Airbus heads to WTO

http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/1081901.html

Excerpt

Airbus' parent, Paris-based EADS, said Wednesday it has acquired U.S. military electronics company Racal Instruments Inc. for up to $130 million. EADS said the purchase would help gain a larger share of the U.S. defense market, the world's largest.

The company opened a Virginia-based defense subsidiary Monday and has scored several recent victories in the United States, including a $75 million contract this week to supply 55 patrol helicopters to the Homeland Security Department. It also has partnerships with U.S. defense companies Northrop Grumman Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp.