The French (at last some French) are the Courageous Ones Now

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[kearnyirish2]

They assumed the liberation was the payoff for the independence they helped us win.

[Peter Libra]

I had viewed your posts rather late and thank you for your much more comprehensive knowledge on the subject of French valour in Mexico.

I am that old and I remember the BBC bulletins in England the year 1954. The two months death struggle for the Vietnamese City of Dien Bien Phu.(French Indo China). A bitterly fought battle with the Viet Mihn. The French inflicting four times their own casualties. It is debatable. but it has been said that if America had thrown in their forces, the French could have won. Thus no debacle as we all know, regarding that country.

[ek_hornbeck]

Not to mention the fact that the French seem light years ahead of the rest of Europe (or even the US) in recognizing the threat posed by Third World immigration and trying to do something about it at the grassroots. Compare how much publicity and how many votes LePen gets in France with the invisibility of Tom Tancredo.

[dsutah]

I remember reading one time, that Rochambeau (sp?) did quite a lot of reform of the French military when he was put in charge, and he had a fighting force that was almost if not better than what Great Britain had! This was before he took his forces over to America.