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To: quidnunc
I liked Mark Steyn's take on the French:
Like the French Resistance, tiny in its day but of apparently unlimited manpower since the war ended, for some people it's not obvious which side to be on until the dust's settled.

6 posted on 05/31/2004 10:15:10 AM PDT by John Jorsett
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To: John Jorsett

"Like the French Resistance, tiny in its day but of apparently unlimited manpower since the war ended, for some people it's not obvious which side to be on until the dust's settled."

There's even a phrase for this: "maquis d'apres-guerre" ("resistance fighter, postwar")


15 posted on 05/31/2004 11:25:19 AM PDT by El Sordo
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