From: Nigel Hay - MILWEB (Nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Mon Mar 03 2003 - 11:53:09 PST
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
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From: "J.Wiehe" <j.wiehe@sympatico.ca>
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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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