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French tanks(13) give teeth to U.N. force (peacekeepers will be ineffective and at worst humiliated)
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| Tue Sep 12, 2:19 PM ET
| JAMEY KEATEN
Posted on 09/12/2006 5:44:33 PM PDT by IrishMike
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:44:35 PM PDT
by
IrishMike
To: IrishMike
To: IrishMike
The Hezzies figured how to take out Merkavas.... I don't think French armor is going to intimidate them.
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:47:32 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
To: IrishMike
Do the Frenchie tanks have a forward gear?
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:47:39 PM PDT
by
keithtoo
(Israeli defense strategy "Cogito Ergo Boom!")
To: IrishMike
What are they going to do … back into battle, their tanks only have reverse gear option installed!?
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:48:36 PM PDT
by
doc1019
To: the invisib1e hand
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:49:08 PM PDT
by
samadams2000
(Somebody important make....THE CALL!)
To: IrishMike
Despite their tanks' being "more technologically advanced" than Israeli tanks, I don't think the worst that can happen to them is humiliation. Although if they are blown to smithereens, it probably will humiliate the French army...
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:50:06 PM PDT
by
Cincinnatus.45-70
(Patriotism to DemocRats is like sunlight to Dracula.)
To: IrishMike
Thems some scary French tanks!!
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:50:10 PM PDT
by
MaDeuce
(Do it to them, before they do it to you! (MaDuce = M2HB .50 BMG))
To: the invisib1e hand
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:50:36 PM PDT
by
BigDaddyTX
(Don't Mex with Texas)
To: IrishMike
A French peacekeper in the famous French Army "ducking" position next to his tank
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:51:59 PM PDT
by
verum ago
(To the UN:Diplomacy is useful only when backed by the threat of swift, merciless, and violent death.)
To: IrishMike
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:52:07 PM PDT
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: samadams2000
How many white flags can each tank carry?
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:53:09 PM PDT
by
jocko12
To: jocko12
Their modern ones send the white flags electronically ahead of the battlefield.
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:54:44 PM PDT
by
samadams2000
(Somebody important make....THE CALL!)
To: IrishMike
They may be meant to carry anti-tank rounds, but they really carry rounds filled with tiny little white flags.
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:56:14 PM PDT
by
PJBankard
(Americans love a winner, and will not tolerate a loser. -Gen. George Patton)
To: BigDaddyTX
That 'soldier' looks almost ready to cry, was it the camera flash ????
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:56:18 PM PDT
by
IrishMike
(Democrats .... Stuck on Stupid, RINO's ...the most vicious judas goats)
To: Cincinnatus.45-70
And completely trash French arms sales.
That said, it will be interesting to see how the LeClercs hold up. As far as I know, this is their first deployment with a realistic chance of combat.
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posted on
09/12/2006 5:57:01 PM PDT
by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: IrishMike
These tanks have many extra options including a stereo FM radio and an electic retractable white flag.
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posted on
09/12/2006 6:01:41 PM PDT
by
Raycpa
To: IrishMike
First item at the daily briefing to the "men": "Be brave, be loyal, be true...but keep your white flags handy just in case."
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posted on
09/12/2006 6:06:10 PM PDT
by
Excuse_My_Bellicosity
("A litany of complaints is not a plan." - GW Bush, referring to DNC's lack of a platform on ANYTHING)
To: Raycpa
These tanks have many extra options including a stereo FM radio and an electic retractable white flag.
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The GS model is also equipped with:
Small refrigerator for the pate and wine, retractable cheese cutting board.
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posted on
09/12/2006 6:07:39 PM PDT
by
IrishMike
(Democrats .... Stuck on Stupid, RINO's ...the most vicious judas goats)
To: IrishMike
Better than one of the tanks the French had in early WWII which had double the armor on the rear.
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posted on
09/12/2006 6:09:21 PM PDT
by
COEXERJ145
(Free Republic is Currently Suffering a Pandemic of “Bush Derangement Syndrome.”)
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