American troops through a French infantryman's eyes

americanthinker.com/ ^ | 11/21/08 | Thomas Lifson

[DogBarkTree]

My respect for the French went up when they elected Sarkozy.

[null and void]

Ditto

[LiberConservative]

Interesting read. Thanks for posting. Most of us know that not all the French think the same. Only American Democrats do that.

[SFR]

nobody does snobbery better than the French

as the French Ambassador once quipped "even the French dislike the French"

[SMARTY]

Was the speaker Legion or French Regular Army?

[Steve Van Doorn]

You know the world is screwed up when France turns Conservative and the US turns Socialist.

[WVNan]

Somebody give us a good link to the original article. It’s realy nice to read something good about our heroes. Where do we get such men?

[Deb]

This is gorgeous.

[aft_lizard]

Read the fully translated one and it very nice to read, almost mythical in the way it is written. Sort of the Spartan and the chicken type of tale. Kudos to that French soldier, and to all of them in Afghanistan.

[Just another Joe]

Each man knows he can count on the support of a whole people who provides them through the mail all that an American could miss in such a remote front-line location : books, chewing gums, razorblades, Gatorade, toothpaste etc. in such way that every man is aware of how much the American people backs him in his difficult mission.

That's right. We support our troops.
We take PRIDE in supporting our troops, not only with what they need, but also with what they WANT sometimes.

[Red Badger]

http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/11/20/french-soldier-recruited/

[1rudeboy]

Someone should post it again so credit is properly given:

http://serendipity.ruwenzori.net/index.php/2008/09/21/american-troops-in-afghanistan-through-the-eyes-of-a-french-omlt-infantryman.

[MattinNJ]

Exactly-I would vote for Sarkozy over Obama 100 times out of 100. Other than the US and Spain, almost every country has lurched right.

[Jonathan]

Spend some time in France and you will learn to love the average real French citizen.

They are polite, hospitable, and if you make a modicum of effort to speak their language most will insist on speaking English to you so that they can practice it.

My wife and I found nothing but friendly people there.

[Skooz]

bump

[DonGrafico]

"from what we have been given to witness, the American soldier is a beautiful and worthy heir to those who liberated France and Europe."

What a wonderful and well deserved complement!

But, it saddens me a bit that it takes an outside observer to point this out, while so much of our own press is busy buggering themselves and spitting out untruths about Haditha, Gitmo, Sarah Palin's apparel, etc.

[JohnMac]

I enjoyed that. Thanks!

[Incorrigible]

France was redeemed when they rejected the EU Constitution. It’s unfortunate that the people are not being allowed to vote on the latest attempts to usurp their power.

[houeto]

Excellent! Thanks for posting. Read the whole thing Quix. Very short, very powerful.

[Candor7]

Someone should tatoo this story onto Obama's hide.

Chances are what the French are seeing now will be gone in 4 short years.

One prays not.

( Allegra Ping)