Posted on 08/02/2006 5:44:50 PM PDT by SandRat
No0w be nice Our MARINES are in this story too.
I just like your "y'all'll" contraction. Nice!
Ooorah!
Doesn't look like a picnic to me.
When it's 125 degrees, "chilled" could mean any thing up to
80 degrees.
My Son-in-Law did two tours of duty at Camp Lemonier, but as an Army Soldier, not a Marine. He worked side-by-side with the French Foreign Legion, and said they were a good bunch of soldiers. One photo he sent home was of a HUGE scorpion, which he was (barely) balancing on the back of his hand - my daughter slapped him silly when he returned stateside for THAT stunt! :0)
Something tells me those French MRE's are probably pretty good. And that one of those canteens has vin rouge in it.
Trust the Legionaires Yes but not the rest.
How manny white flags do the french carry with them?
Is it red wine or white wine with camel meat?
Tennesee White-Lightning and lots of it!!!!!!!
- Hundred Years War - Mostly lost, saved at last by female schizophrenic who inadvertently creates The First Rule of French Warfare; "France's armies are victorious only when not led by a Frenchman." Sainted.
- Italian Wars - Lost. France becomes the first and only country to ever lose two wars when fighting Italians.
- Wars of Religion - France goes 0-5-4 against the Huguenots
- Thirty Years War - France is technically not a participant, but manages to get invaded anyway. Claims a tie on the basis that eventually the other participants started ignoring her.
- War of Revolution - Tied. Frenchmen take to wearing red flowerpots as chapeaux.
- The Dutch War - Tied
- War of the Augsburg League/King William's War/French and Indian War - Lost, but claimed as a tie. Three ties in a row induces deluded Frogophiles the world over to label the period as the height of French military power.
- War of the Spanish Succession - Lost. The War also gave the French their first taste of a Marlborough, which they have loved every since.
- American Revolution - In a move that will become quite familiar to future Americans, France claims a win even though the English colonists saw far more action. This is later known as "de Gaulle Syndrome", and leads to the Second Rule of French Warfare; "France only wins when America does most of the fighting."
- French Revolution - Won, primarily due the fact that the opponent was also French.
- The Napoleonic Wars - Lost. Temporary victories (remember the First Rule!) due to leadership of a Corsican, who ended up being no match for a British footwear designer.
- The Franco-Prussian War - Lost. Germany first plays the role of drunk Frat boy to France's ugly girl home alone on a Saturday night.
- World War I - Tied and on the way to losing, France is saved by the United States [Entering the war late -ed.]. Thousands of French women find out what it's like to not only sleep with a winner, but one who doesn't call her "Fraulein." Sadly, widespread use of condoms by American forces forestalls any improvement in the French bloodline.
- World War II - Lost. Conquered French liberated by the United States and Britain just as they finish learning the Horst Wessel Song.
- War in Indochina - Lost. French forces plead sickness; take to bed with the Dien Bien Flu
- Algerian Rebellion - Lost. Loss marks the first defeat of a western army by a Non-Turkic Muslim force since the Crusades, and produces the First Rule of Muslim Warfare; "We can always beat the French." This rule is identical to the First Rules of the Italians, Russians, Germans, English, Dutch, Spanish, Vietnamese and Esquimaux.
- War on Terrorism - France, keeping in mind its recent history, surrenders to Germans and Muslims just to be safe. Attempts to surrender to Vietnamese ambassador fail after he takes refuge in a McDonald's.
The question for any country silly enough to count on the French should not be "Can we count on the French?", but rather "How long until France collapses?"
"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an accordion. All you do is leave behind a lot of noisy baggage."
Or, better still, the quote from last week's Wall Street Journal: "They're there when they need you."
In fact, I prefer a cotes du rhone with goat.
/johnny
So, it's red wine during dinner and a mason jar of moonshine for after.
Give 'em their props, these French Marines are probably some tough hombres (or it that hommes). Think of the USMC if Hillary gets elected. Suck ass foreign policy but outstanding armed forces.
/johnny
That's Elderberry home squeez'ns if you please.
You know, I quit smoking 30 years ago but I just might have one of dem cee-gars!
Reminds me of the story of the French Lieutenant who asked the men at the outpost what they did for "recreation". Reply was that we use the old camel behind the sand dune. Do you know the rest of the story?
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