From: Auke Dijkstra (auke.dijkstra@wxs.nl)
Date: Tue Mar 04 2003 - 11:24:35 PST
Splendid! Same goes for the EU (They are always there when they need... our
money).
Auke
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nigel Hay - MILWEB" <Nigel@milweb.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: maandag 3 maart 2003 20:53
Subject: Re: [MV] Fw: The French have come into the war !!!! Finally
> An old saying about our reluctant allies, "They are always there when they
> need us....." (BBC Radio 4 today - an American visitor to Omaha Beach
being
> interviewed)
>
> Nige
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "J.Wiehe" <j.wiehe@sympatico.ca>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 8:40 PM
> Subject: [MV] Fw: The French have come into the war !!!! Finally
>
>
> > 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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