I love a good surrender monkey joke. Truth be told, though, the French soldier has historically been one of the toughest. Time and time, again, they have been done in by poor leadership and fickle politicians and public.
after the 911 call, the first response of the Paris police was 3 unarmed officers on bicycles.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2901191/They-shouted-names-fired-Minute-minute-horror-unfolded-magazine-newsroom.html
EU membership requires abolition of the death penalty, so none of the blood curdling methods of execution suggested above will ever happen http://europa.eu/legislation_summaries/human_rights/human_rights_in_third_countries/r10106_en.htm