To: 26lemoncharlie
One bloody revolution, followed by Napoleonic Wars, and the mindless tactics of World War I basicly eliminated the tall and strong Gallic gene from France's male population.
21 posted on
07/20/2005 8:20:33 PM PDT by
Fee
(Great powers never let minor allies dictate who, where and when they must fight.)
To: Fee
Yes I can understand that but as a popular song of the period aluded to, ( How are you gonna keep them down on the frarm after they've seen Pari).I thought that the American Army may have replaced those lost Genes.
46 posted on
07/20/2005 10:08:39 PM PDT by
26lemoncharlie
('Cuntas haereses tu sola interemisti in universo mundo!')
To: Fee
And the Franco-Prussian War.
The poor French have suffered from atrocious generalship ever since Napoleon.
51 posted on
07/21/2005 4:28:45 AM PDT by
Jimmy Valentine
(DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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