From: J.Wiehe (j.wiehe@sympatico.ca)
Date: Mon Mar 03 2003 - 11:40:05 PST
Sorry, no vehicle content but I just had to pass this on
Jim Wiehe VA3JHW
j.wiehe@sympatico.ca
Subject: Fw: The French have come into the war !!!! Finally
>
> FRANCE ANNOUNCES TROOP DEPLOYMENT
>
> PARIS,FRANCE
>
> President Jacques Chirac announced today that France would
> be deploying two elite units of French troops to Iraq in
> the event of war. Five hundred crack troops from the 42nd
> Groupement d' Instruction en Abandonment (42nd Surrender
> Instruction Group) are mobilizing to assist the Iraqi Army
> in the finer points of military surrender.
>
> "The immediate capitulation of an armed force is a delicate
> and intricate tactic in which we French have much
> experience." said Defense Ministry spokesperson General de
> Armee Francois-Phillippe Hommes de Petit-Pommes. "There is
> a certain protocol in laying down your arms or fleeing the
> battlefield. To wave the white flag while remaining pompous
> and insufferable requires experience and training. The
> French Army believes it is second to none in the fine art
> of surrendering quickly. The record of our armed forces in
> that area speaks for itself. The Iraqi performance in
> giving up without a fight during the last Gulf War was
> slip-shod. We hope to improve their level of surrender
> execution for the next war."
>
> General Hommes de Petit-Pommes further announced that 1000
> the Regiment de Collaborateurs Francais will also be
> dispatched to Iraq to assist the Iraqi people in
> colloborating effectively with any occupation force.
>
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