1 posted on
08/22/2006 8:42:21 AM PDT by
edzo4
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To: edzo4
All kidding aside, I really do respect individual French soldiers. They've put up with a lot of crap ever since Waterloo and have fought bravely in subsequent wars despite the fact that their senior commanders and political leaders are jackasses of the lowest sort.
The horrendous casualties they sustained during World War I attest to that...
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To: edzo4
When the landed I heard one of the soldiers (?) say -
aLaisse le baiser les ânes du Hesbolla de sorte que nous puissions dater leurs femmes.
100 posted on
08/22/2006 9:34:06 AM PDT by
jongaltsr
(Hope to See ya in Galt's Gultch.)
To: edzo4
Keep the bleach handy for when we need to get rid of the blue and red on these flags!
To: edzo4
Those brutish americans and their nasty steel ships.
103 posted on
08/22/2006 9:40:09 AM PDT by
Boiler Plate
(Mom always said why be difficult, when with just a little more effort you can be impossible.)
To: edzo4
The French are coming...what a joke...Great Warriors from a completely neutered country.
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104 posted on
08/22/2006 9:42:23 AM PDT by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: edzo4
![](http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060820/capt.sge.fwy15.200806092141.photo00.photo.default-512x300.jpg?)
moments later....... ![](http://barnesknobel.homestead.com/files/frenchretreat.jpg)
To: edzo4
"Lafayette, we are here!!"
107 posted on
08/22/2006 9:49:12 AM PDT by
ZULU
(Non nobis, non nobis, Domine, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
To: edzo4
108 posted on
08/22/2006 9:49:28 AM PDT by
Prysson
To: edzo4
Who brought the Grey Poupon?![](http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060820/capt.sge.fwy15.200806092141.photo00.photo.default-512x300.jpg?x=380&y=222&sig=TnilXg8.csWmF0J5sJfU7Q--)
110 posted on
08/22/2006 9:54:52 AM PDT by
vox_freedom
(Matthew 5:37 But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no)
To: edzo4
To: edzo4
Too funny... what a joke!!!
119 posted on
08/22/2006 10:14:33 AM PDT by
diamond6
(Everyone who is for abortion have been born. Ronald Reagan)
To: edzo4
I thought this was supposed to be a U.N. force. Where's the blue hats?
To: edzo4
When the French talk about "Net Centric Warfare" they mean that they can surrender via email.
124 posted on
08/22/2006 10:26:02 AM PDT by
deroberst
(Who needs the French when we have the Democrats to surrender for us?)
To: edzo4
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Maybe those guys will accept our surrender...
125 posted on
08/22/2006 10:26:14 AM PDT by
Junior
(Identical fecal matter, alternate diurnal period)
To: edzo4
"There's the nude beach. Full speed ahead. Fifi, Mimi, Chou-Chou....Cherie, Gigi, Frou Frou......oh mon dieu, it's only Ali, Ali, Ali........FULL AROUND"
Leni
129 posted on
08/22/2006 10:28:14 AM PDT by
MinuteGal
(Israel, Hold Firm !................No Retreat means No Repeat !)
To: edzo4
Wait! Back up!
We forgot the accordian player!
131 posted on
08/22/2006 10:31:25 AM PDT by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life)
To: edzo4
Look, over there, that is the hill upon which we will retreat when the order is given.
132 posted on
08/22/2006 10:40:03 AM PDT by
ryan71
To: edzo4
"Heerreee we come to save the daaaaayyyyyy!"
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To: edzo4
We ten muskateers, as though we were with the strength of 2000!
Chapter 2.
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To: edzo4
Sadly, most of today's French 'leaders' have forgotten:
Dien Bien Phu....The result of the battle left 6,000 French soldiers dead and another 10,000 as prisoners of war, sparked the end of France's colonial presence in Indochina and eventually inspired other French possessions to seek their own independence.
The onset of the French to underplanned and underestimate the capabilities of their enemies.
By Jan. 26, 1954, the Viet Minh had built a camouflaged road that they used to ferry troops, anti-aircraft guns and other weapons to the area for what was planned as a two-day, three-night blitz attack.
"The trenches and the artillery positions were so well camouflaged that when the attack started on March 13, the French were taken completely by surprise," Vinh said. "It took only three days to overrun the outposts."
By April 25, the airstrips were completely isolated. The French aircraft could not land, and reinforcements and supplies were dropped by parachute.
"But the French planes could not fly low because of our anti-aircraft fire," which claimed 62 aircraft, Vinh said. "Dropping from high, a lot of the supplies ended up with our troops. We could enjoy chocolates and other sweets.
The final assault began the night of May 6. One ton of explosives killed an entire company of French soldiers. Russian multiple rocket launchers pounded the base. "The next morning, we heard a lot of French soldiers crying," Vinh said. "Finally, we saw some white flags around 3 p.m. At first, we thought it was a trick, and I told the soldiers to tell their colleagues to come out. When they did, we knew it was over."
The chairman of the local Dien Bien Phu veterans association, 68-year-old Luong Dinh Chinh, spent 36 days with other Viet Minh soldiers trying to capture from the French a heavily defended hill known as A1. "I have a very deep feeling about the anniversary as I miss my friends who fought and were sacrificed here," he said. Chinh, who still carries a piece of shrapnel lodged between his eyes. said: "It was very joyful that day when I saw the French with a white flag."
Excerpts sourced from (of all places):
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/asiapcf/9905/07/vietnam/
Arrogance and ignorance.... 2 traits that'll get you killed every time.
141 posted on
08/22/2006 11:26:40 AM PDT by
RSmithOpt
(Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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