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France could defend EU in case of attack: minister
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| 07/05/04
| AFP
Posted on 07/05/2004 7:20:33 AM PDT by Pikamax
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posted on
07/05/2004 7:20:34 AM PDT
by
Pikamax
To: Pikamax
They can load their aircraft carrier on a great big train and drive it around the EU to wherever they're being attacked.
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posted on
07/05/2004 7:24:21 AM PDT
by
hershey
To: Pikamax
It seems that even France is tougher than our leftist Democrats. Mention nukes here and they die of apoplexy.
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posted on
07/05/2004 7:27:30 AM PDT
by
Mind-numbed Robot
(Not all things that need to be done need to be done by the government.)
To: hershey
If Germany asked us for help, it is probable that European solidarity would come into play.
How reassuring!(/sarcasm)
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posted on
07/05/2004 7:27:53 AM PDT
by
stocksthatgoup
(Polls - Proof that when the Main Stream Media wants your opinion, they will give it to you)
To: Pikamax
Yes, and France could produce that next 10 Nobel Medal winners in Medicine or some one who showered every day, but....
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posted on
07/05/2004 7:28:28 AM PDT
by
Tacis
(,)
To: Pikamax
She said that France has a mobile, flexible and highly-motivated military and that it was the second or third best in the world in the art of surrendering.
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posted on
07/05/2004 7:29:55 AM PDT
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: Drango
I love the use of "probable" in her statement. How Froggie.
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posted on
07/05/2004 7:30:51 AM PDT
by
BroncosFan
(2005: Schundler for Governor)
To: Pikamax
three ideas:
Of course. France! Why didn't I think of it before. They have done such a good job defending Europe in the past.
Nukes are no deterrent to terrorism, unfortunately. We have a ton, Russia has a ton and we have both been hit by terrorists.
I predict the outcry from the left against France's threat to use nuclear weapons will be a deafening silence.
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posted on
07/05/2004 7:32:40 AM PDT
by
farfromhome
(Was Clinton a good president? That depends on what your definition of 'was' is.)
To: Mind-numbed Robot
""For us, nuclear weapons are the ultimate protection against a threat from abroad."
Heck, if Bush would've even intimated anything close to the above, he would've been taken apart by most of these same people. I'm just happy to see the Euro's acknowledging that they need to spend more on their own self-defense. Let's see how well their socialist utopia survives when they actually have to start budgeting for their own national security:)
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posted on
07/05/2004 7:36:39 AM PDT
by
cwb
(If it weren't for Republicans, liberals would have no real enemies)
To: Drango
She said that France has a mobile, flexible and highly-motivated military and that it was the second or third best in the world.I don't know about this ranking, but the French military should not be confused with French politicians.
From all accounts I have read, the French military still is first rate in comparison to the rest of the world, excluding the USA
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posted on
07/05/2004 7:37:56 AM PDT
by
JZoback
("There's a pony in here somewhere")
To: Pikamax
Well, Germany can rest easy tonight. France is ready to defend the Fatherland.
****Smirk**Snort!***Guffaw!**
To: Pikamax
...with a pre-emptive surrender. What a joke they are, and they know it. This is why they are so bitchy (sorry for the word, I just couldn't find a better one to describe the French).
To: Pikamax
Big talk from a country with little courage.
First sign of ANY trouble and they will fold.
To: Pikamax
Of course, to the French the only rogue state from abroad to "threaten" them is the US.
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posted on
07/05/2004 7:55:58 AM PDT
by
aardvark1
(I am doing this because I can.)
To: Pikamax
"She said that France has a mobile, flexible and highly-motivated military and that it was the second or third best in the world." Iraq was rated #3 in 1990. But what Gulf War I proved was that being anything other #1 than doesn't cut it.
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posted on
07/05/2004 7:58:03 AM PDT
by
trek
To: Pikamax
She said that France has a mobile, flexible and highly-motivated military and that it was the second or third best in the world Uh... let's see now there's:
- USA
- Russia
- China (communist)
- Great Britain (w/ Australia)
- Israel
- Paraguay
- Gambia
- ... then maybe France!
If I overlooked a country no offense meant
(OK, after Israel I'm being facetious)
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posted on
07/05/2004 7:58:42 AM PDT
by
Condor51
(May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. -- Gen G. Patton Jr)
To: Pikamax
Clogging the roads with your retreating troops does not constitute a "defense!"
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posted on
07/05/2004 8:00:38 AM PDT
by
Redbob
(holding out for the 'self-illuminating, glass-bottomed parking lot' solution to the Iraq problem)
To: Pikamax
'Watch out, if you try to carry out your threats we [France] will destroy you before you know what's hit you.'"France's best offensive "weapon" would be a laugh-track.
To: Pikamax
France could defend EU in case of attack: minister
Of course of course and now take a deep breath
She said that France has a mobile, flexible and highly-motivated military and that it was the second or third best in the world.
France must discover special war robots and replace their “highly-motivated” soldiers. It is only way!
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posted on
07/05/2004 8:03:26 AM PDT
by
Lukasz
To: Condor51
Uh... let's see now there's: 1. USA 2. Russia 3. China (communist) 4. Great Britain (w/ Australia) 5. Israel 6. Paraguay 7. Gambia 8. ... then maybe France!
How dare you France before My Poland, what a insult! ;)
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posted on
07/05/2004 8:07:30 AM PDT
by
Lukasz
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