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WWII veteran returns certificate to France
Mpls (red)Star Tribune / AP ^ | 3/11/03

Posted on 03/11/2003 7:19:56 AM PST by Valin

Edited on 04/13/2004 3:38:37 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Eighty-year-old Angelo Pizzuti is returning a certificate of thanks he got from France two years ago. France gave the certificate to American veterans who fought in Europe during the war.

Pizzuti has sent his ``Thank You America'' certificate to the French consulate in Miami, saying he's angry the country he helped liberate isn't supporting the United States' efforts to disarm Iraq.


(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: angelopizzuti; thankyouamerica

1 posted on 03/11/2003 7:19:57 AM PST by Valin
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To: Valin
Senior patriot bump!
2 posted on 03/11/2003 7:21:27 AM PST by buccaneer81 (Plus de fromage, s'il vous plait...)
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To: Valin
Ouch! Well done.

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3 posted on 03/11/2003 7:23:35 AM PST by DoughtyOne (Are you going Freeps Ahoy! Don't miss the boat. Er ship...)
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To: buccaneer81
Unlike John Kerry who threw someone else's medals over the White House fence...
4 posted on 03/11/2003 7:23:55 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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You go, man!
5 posted on 03/11/2003 7:25:27 AM PST by Preachers Kid
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To: Preachers Kid
Way to Go
6 posted on 03/11/2003 7:35:33 AM PST by scooby321
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To: Preachers Kid
The French think they are just being French and when needed we will rescue them again. Keep in mind the perspective that the percentage of Muslims in France is similar to the percentage of blacks in the US. This makes them deservedly a strong influence. France with a birth rate in the 1.2% range will be the first candidate for being the first Muslim Nation in the West.
When radical Muslims rule France they will be no better or worse friend than the French are now. When the "French Patriots" understand what has happened to them we will not be able to help. We can rescue a people from a dictator, it will be much more difficult to rescue the French from their new culture. In addition, why should we?
7 posted on 03/11/2003 7:36:13 AM PST by paguch
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To: Valin
I hope he recycled the certificate into toilet paper and wiped the Dominique de Villepin off his Chirac with it before returning it.
8 posted on 03/11/2003 7:37:19 AM PST by F.J. Mitchell
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To: Valin
Wow, this article actually made into the Red Star Tribune! BUMP..
9 posted on 03/11/2003 7:39:48 AM PST by ewing
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To: ewing
I'm going downtown later and look for pods.
10 posted on 03/11/2003 7:47:22 AM PST by Valin (Age and deceit beat youth and skill)
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To: Valin
Forwarded to a WWII simulation / history board, thanks!
11 posted on 03/11/2003 7:51:42 AM PST by No.6
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To: Valin
"France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country. France has usually been governed by prostitutes."
---Mark Twain

"I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me."
--- General George S. Patton

"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion."
--Norman Schwartzkopf

"We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it."
--- Marge Simpson

"As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure"
---Jacques Chirac, President of France
"As far as France is concerned, you're right."
---Rush Limbaugh,

"The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee."
--- Regis Philbin

"The French are a smallish, monkey-looking bunch and not dressed any better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore. True, you can sit outside in Paris and drink little cups of coffee, but why this is more stylish than sitting inside and drinking large glasses of whiskey I don't know."
--- P.J O'Rourke (1989)

"You know, the French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of the 1940s who was still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't have the face for it."
---John McCain, U.S. Senator from Arizona

"You know why the French don't want to bomb Saddam Hussein? Because he hates America, he loves mistresses and wears a beret. He is French, people."
--Conan O'Brien

"I don't know why people are surprised that France won't help us get Saddam out of Iraq. After all, France wouldn't help us get the Germans out of France!"
---Jay Leno

"The last time the French asked for 'more proof' it came marching into Paris under a German flag."
--David Letterman

How many Frenchmen does it take to change a light bulb?
One. He holds the bulb and all of Europe revolves around him.

Next time there's a war in Europe,
the loser keep's France.

12 posted on 03/11/2003 7:59:07 AM PST by Michael81Dus (http://mitglied.lycos.de/p0wer/Download/time.swf)
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To: Valin
This is a good idea. It should have a higher profile. How about some veterans returning their French trash directly to Chirac, at the parasites nest - in the UN? With press coverage?
13 posted on 03/11/2003 8:04:17 AM PST by Cachelot (~ In waters near you ~)
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