Posted on 05/18/2005 12:05:50 PM PDT by ma bell
After over 2 years of strongly opposing the war in Iraq the French finally gave in and released a small amount of troops to assist with the rebuilding of Iraq. This is a clip of their arrival today.
"We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it."
---- Marge Simpson
Uh, that's an Israeli Merkava.
You overlooked a good one:
"The French are a smallish, monkey-looking bunch and not dressed any better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore. True, you can sit outside in Paris and drink little cups of coffee, but why this is more stylish than sitting inside and drinking large glasses of whiskey I don't know."
--- P.J O'Rourke (1989)
uh,really ?
Actually, I think the theme song from "Live and Let Die" is the new French national anthem.
That is a riot...
Thank you for that!
LOL!!!!
I didn't know you could get a Frenchman in a lightbulb!
ol' hoghead :)
One hell of an imagination there!! Really Enlightening!
Last time I tried some new positions I wound up in a walking cast!
Obtaining approval from the French is like winning the support of the Gay and Lesbian Pride Festival Committee. A select few might consider it a positive thing, but is it really worth the slimy feeling it leaves you with?
Our daughter and I went with another friend and her daughter to NYC last week to see "Spamalot" on Broadway! It was SO much fun! Hank Azaria played the French soldier at the battlements. He also played Lancelot.
Appropriated Press
May 19, 2005
In a stunning development, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan announced the appointment of John Kerry as Special Envoy to the United Nations who was dispatched to Iraq in order to advise the recently deployed French Military on how to get awarded medals and decorations in 3 easy lessons.
Kerry, sporting the decorations he won while serving in Vietnam, was quoted as saying: "It is important for the morale of the French people to know that their brave military personnel will be recognized for the valor and contributions they will make in the war effort, much the same as I was."
Former Vietnam Veteran Hero, John Kerry could be seen sporting some of the many awards and decoration he received as the result of his service in Vietnam.
From left to right are: The Ho Chi Minh Award for bravery and courage; The Friendship Medal awarded by North Vietnam to those who were "friendly" to their efforts to invade and conquer the South; The United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia; and last but not least, The * DEFEAT AMERICA AGRESSION BADGE, the one, of ALL the medals and decorations Kerry earned,the one he is the MOST proud of.
* Defeat America Aggression Badge: "This tiny badge, which dates from 1965, was awarded to units and individuals, who performed outstanding services against American forces.
This included any individual, who took part in combat after August 2, 1964 and received a commendation or the appellation good fighter.
The 12-pointed star depicts three women clutching rifles. The red blouse represents farmers; the green blouse represents soldiers and the blue blouse represents workers. The inscription reads, QUYET-TAM-DANH-THANG GIAC MY XAM-LUOC (resolved to defeat American Aggression)."
BREAKING
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LOL. Thought you might appreciate the parallel. *grin*
Well, they are Brits, not French, but stuck in the mud like US troops in Irak
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