Re: la France oublie! Encore! Msr. Pe-stain?

From: Joe Foley (redmenaced@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Feb 12 2006 - 16:32:28 PST

Everette?

What do you have on Field Marshal Petain?

Joe

--- Sonny Heath <sonny@defuniak.com> wrote:

> Wine, I won't buy French Anything.
>
> Sonny
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arthur Bloom" <m35prod@optonline.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
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> Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 2:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] la France oublie! Encore!
>
>
> >I must have stumbled upon a thread of April Fool's
> Day messages. There's no
> > way I could believe that the French are boorish,
> obnoxious, or unthankful.
> > Shame on you all!
> >
> > apb
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Convoy Magazine" <convoymagazine@yahoo.com>
> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
> <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2006 3:06 PM
> > Subject: [MV] la France oublie! Encore!
> >
> >
> > | ah TJ
> > | but perhaps you will also remember how just a
> few
> > | years ago, French poltiticians forgot the
> > | international and historic significance of the
> area to
> > | the west of Paris.. and how they wanted to pave
> over
> > | the sites of some of the most famous WWI
> battlefields
> > | to make way for a new airport to serve Paris..
> > |
> > | and IF i remember correctly it was economic
> factors
> > | that put the project to rest and not really the
> > | massive condemnation from other countries.
> > |
> > | Nige remember this? please refresh our memeories
> and
> > | provide some more details of another example of
> that
> > | "French Charm"...
> > |
> > | BTW- for our american friends, during D-Day +50,
> > | several Canadian vets who had booked hotel rooms
> long
> > | in advance of this historic occassion were
> > | unceremoniously told just a couple weeks before
> their
> > | flight, that their rooms were being taken over
> by
> > | "officials" who wanted to attend. These men who
> had
> > | sacrificied so much to save this "Foreign"
> country
> > | (which could not save itself) were clearly told
> they
> > | were SOL! "Please accept our apoliogies but you
> see
> > | our hands are tied..zees politicians are
> obviously so
> > | much more important than you...now please go
> away and
> > | bother us no further.."
> > | A huge outccry resulted, which involved some
> elbowing
> > | by the Cdn government (only after they
> themselves had
> > | been pushed by the public!) to get the French
> to back
> > | down and give the veterans back they pre-booked
> rooms!
> > | sheesh, and that's why I don't buy French wine..
> > |
> > | cheers
> > | Monty
> > |
> > | --- timothy.smith1@att.net wrote:
> > |
> > | > I should rephrase. Sometimes I think some of
> the
> > | > people of Europe would like nothing better
> than to
> > | > erase from their social consciousness the
> memory of
> > | > the sacrifices others made to help them stay
> free.
> > | >
> > | > There. That's a bit better.
> > | >
> > | > TJ
> > | >
> > | > -------------- Forwarded Message:
> --------------
> > | > From: timothy.smith1@att.net
> > | > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
> > | > <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > | > Subject: [MV] France forgets
> > | > Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 16:32:21 +0000
> > | > > Sometimes I think some (not all) of the
> people of
> > | > Europe (particularly the
> > | > > French) would like nothing better than to
> erase
> > | > the memory of the sacrifices
> > | > > others made to help them stay free from
> their
> > | > social consciousness....and
> > | > > they're starting with all those Historic
> Military
> > | > Vehicles. Which French
> > | > > political hacks are pushing this and what
> are
> > | > their political backgrounds?
> > | > >
> > | > > Next thing you know, we'll be asked to
> remove our
> > | > honored dead from European
> > | > > soil.
> > | > >
> > | > > TJ
> > | > >
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