American troops through a French infantryman's eyes

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

[AFreeBird]

And combat ? If you have seen Rambo you have seen it all - always coming to the rescue when one of our teams gets in trouble, and always in the shortest delay. That is one of their tricks : they switch from T-shirt and sandals to combat ready in three minutes. Arriving in contact with the enemy, the way they fight is simple and disconcerting : they just charge ! They disembark and assault in stride, they bomb first and ask questions later - which cuts any pussyfooting short.

Gen. Patton would be proud.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Lafayette, we are still here.

[Enterprise]

"they are all heads and shoulders taller than us and their muscles remind us of Rambo."

Ooh la la!

[Crolis]

I agree.. it was a wonderful translation to read. Our troops fully deserve such grand recognition!

[Doogle]

ping

[DogBarkTree]

I’ve heard wonderful things about the French people outside of Paris. My wife and I hope visit the French countryside someday.

[Sergio]

Bookmark.

[skeeter]

Well, God bless this Frenchman.

To hear the Brits tell it (at least one's I've heard), American soldiers are best at accidentally shooting & bombing themselves and their allies.

[tom h]

Clearly you were off the beaten path.

In the tourist towns there are either obsessively polite (because they want your money) or obnoxiously critical (because they think they’re superior).

[tom h]

Sarkozy might be President but they are still French.

Question: how do know a French rifle?

Answer: never been fired and only dropped once.

[PresidentFelon]

Wonder if the author met my son who is a Specialist serving with the First Infantry Division, 2-2 Infantry Regiment, in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

If you would like to say “Thank You” to Garrett I have posted his mailing address in Kandahar.

SPC Garrett D. Harriman
Charlie Co 2-2 Infantry
K.A.F.
APO AE 09355

Hooah!!

PresidentFelon

[skeeter]

Alot of the anti-Americanism is illogical & knee-jerk (just like here).

According to the ones I've met, once I was able to cut through the automatic bias they were as warm a people as I've met anywhere else.

[WVNan]

Thank you both. I truly enjoyed reading this. We hear so much negative from our own press, it’s surreal sometimes to hear praise.

[SandRat]

A French Soldier’s Tribute To The American Soldiers He Served Beside In Afghanistan at http://patdollard.com/2008/11/a-french-soldiers-tribute-to-the-american-soldiers-he-served-beside-in-afghanistan/

[Uriah_lost]

This really needs to go out to somebody’s ping list....
No compliment is so moving as that which arrives from an unexpected quarter....

[ASOC]

Doesn’t say, might be the L’OMLT de la Legion Etrangère - but they (the French) alsouse Para and Mountain troops (Troupes de Montagne or one of the three numbered Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins )

I doubt the person quoted was Legion Etrangère - they tend to trash talk anybody NOT in the Legion.

[Red Boots]

I read the enire thing, and there is one funny part where he describes American breakfast food. He mentions creamed, peppered, salty, dried beef on salty dough balls. I had no idea what he meant, until someone pointed out it was biscuits and gravy !

Actually he liked the food a lot, even the MRE's.

[Candor7]

This really needs to go out to somebody’s ping list.... No compliment is so moving as that which arrives from an unexpected quarter....>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I agree. In that cause I am pinging the greatest Pingster I know, LucyT

Maybe she will know of someone who operates a military Ping List.

[Alas Babylon!]

That’s not called biscuits and gravy, it’s proper military name is $hit on a shingle, or just plain SOS!

[redgolum]

Cool