Posted on 07/31/2004 7:47:00 PM PDT by blam
200 soldiers will bring relief to the tens of thousands of refugees. Oh sure.
Here comes another conflict that the French will try to get us in...Where is Saint Joan of Arc when you need her?
Gdo help those people...last time we had UN "safe zones" the Serbs used them to help collect people to murder.
"It has, however, allowed small teams of American soldiers to pass into the country as part of official visits, such as last month's trip by Colin Powell. A team of five special forces soldiers broke off from the Powell entourage for a week-long mission in the Kurush mountains, where aerial surveillance had established a list of villages where suspicious activity had been detected."
Why move? Can't they just email or fax their surrender?
Hmmmm. French "soldiers" moving from Chad to the Sudan. There must be something very frightening in Chad for this to happen.
This is where I find something nice about France; good move.
I agree. The first good thing I've heard about France in a long time.
Believe it or not, France was instrumental in helping Chad defeat Libya when Libya invaded Chad in the "Toyota War"; the French air force dominated the skies, and they gave the Chadians Milan anti-tank missles, which they mounted in the flatbeds of Toyota pickup trucks. Ended up massacring Libyan armor formations, killed hundreds of Libyan tanks.
I hope they remembered to bring their white flags.
"French Army Moves To Sudan Border"
They could only find 200 to join their Army? /sarcasm
So I guess it's ok for the French to act alone...
Actually it was the Legion estrange and the Frog air force, that help chad during the Toyota war.
200 soldiers to assist 180,000 refugees, not to mention fighting off the insurgents,...Hmmm, 1 soldier to help every 900 refugees while conducting military actions.
Why am I not convinced France even begins to comprehend the challenge?
Maybe they just wanted to watch some unarmed civilians get slaughtered.
This unilateral action by France should be given some serious consideration. We demand that these cowsissies cooperate with the international community. It takes a village, ya know.
I agree. Give credit where credit is due.
To quote that US military officer from "We Were Soldiers Once...":
"The French Army? What's that?"
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