Ivory Coast - French troops evacuate American students from rebel-controlled town

AFP via Babelfish translation ^ | September 25, 2002

[gridlock]

If I knew the words, I would lead a chourus of the Marsailles. Good for the French. No bashing today!

[A_perfect_lady]

As much as I enjoy bashing the French, I, too, will stop (for a day) and say to them Thank You. By this time tomorrow, of course, they'll be back to insisting that Israel lay down its arms and bare its throat for the Arab death blow and I'll be back to cursing them up one side and down the other. But for now... good job, France.

[T'wit]

> "We are in safety now, we are free and happy of living", declared with the AFP a girl of the Colorado

I am happy is in safety the girl of the Colorado. I am bet she's of the Boulder.

[Bogie]

Did you forget that the American Republic owes much of its reveloution against England to France?

Relax dude!

[knighthawk]

The media is not letting anything out about that. I did a search on that subject, but it was all vague and it did not mentioned anything other than the Christians control the South, and muslims want to start an islamic republic in the North (RDR-party).

[wretchard]

One should of course be grateful to the French -- or whoever does a good thing -- without any mental reservation. It is part of essential fairness to recognize that handsome is, as handsome does.

[Doctor Stochastic]

And perhaps we can encourage them to keep being handsome.

[Saundra Duffy]

Bless your heart.

[angcat]

lol...............

[irradiateiraq]

I agree lets have a temporary moratorium on bashing the French.

no the french have been anti american for long enough and its going to take more than some operation in the ivory coast with us troops just offshore for me to regain any respect for the S##t eating surrender monkeys

[Tailback]

Uh, those aren't French troops. The are (from L to R) German, Austrian, and Dutch.

[Imal]

I agree lets have a temporary moratorium on bashing the French.

Right on. I am certainly no fan of the French, but these brave soldiers get a crisp salute from me, and my gratitude as an American (I haven't forgotten Lafayatte, either).

The time for bashing the French (or us Americans, for that matter) is when they are wrong, not when they do something right!

[Imal]

Uh, those aren't French troops. The are (from L to R) German, Austrian, and Dutch.<P Yeah, that Steyr AUG (the cool primary battle rifle of Austria) caught my attention, if not the uniforms.

[cornelis]

FOX NEW REPORTS: French Troops Rescue Trapped American Kids

American soldiers humping duffel bags and metal boxes rapidly set up a post at the strip, a base for French troops who arrived earlier to move in on behalf of Yamoussoukro's foreigners. American officials would not say what the soldiers were going to do next.

[tuckrdout]

" I knew some folks who basically deserted their own kids and blamed it on God: "God is sending us out to do His bidding."

Saundra~ I know there are many who will not like what you said, but there is a lot of truth there! I had an Aunt who did this with her 5 children. She left them, and said that God would take care of them, while she did "the LORD's work." Now, one needs to ask why God gave them to her, then? Now 30 years later, all the children are drug addicts; the girls have several children by several men, one died and none have ever followed Jesus Christ!

Yes, God is calling some to Missions, but their first mission field is with their own children!

[weikel]

I know Im not saying permanent but you need to give small encouragement when people do good by things like NOT BASHING THEM. If you bash them no matter what they do then they have no motivation to stop being anti American. They did a good thing here give credit where credit is due.

[Barnacle]

What can I say? I got it from a French Foreign Legion site. Come to think of it, they don't look French do they?

Oh, well. I hope you enjoyed the humor all the same. ?;^)

[kcar]

Damned decent of the French. Just like their help with the Brits in the American Revolution and their gift of the lovely lady in the harbor.

Thx for the help.

[Nebullis]

American soldiers humping duffel bags ...

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