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DeGaul You don't even know how to write it.

David Wulff

Mike Mullikin wrote: Imagine you're an American - getting to hear your nation, culture, history and language insulted 1,000 times every day. After a while, you learn to ignore it or laugh it off. Really? I thought that qualified you as a Brit. You guys think *you* get it all! Sheesh! Come to Britian and you'll get it off your fellow man too: "it's the British way". :rolleyes:

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paulb

The guy is trolling, you should just ignore these imbeciles.

JoeSox

Rohit Sinha wrote: There is a lot of beautiful French people here on the CP, my friend. This commentary was uncalled for. I wouldn't take this personally, it is more of a statement against Anti-American Iraq-War Frenchman, not all Frenchman. Later,
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JoeSox

I liked it, found it humourous. I translated that one french post. X| I am trying to understand why, after our(the USA) whole history of helping other countries get back on their feet, and sacrificing our own blood throughout that history, these countries after being our allies for so long are suddenly rejecting us as allies. It's like being tricked. Later,
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DRHuff

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Chris Losinger

Dave Huff wrote: Then ply them with rock and roll and blue jeans don't knock it. it worked with the USSR Dave Huff wrote: Oh yeah - and freedom that comes later. -c

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Rohit Sinha

:) Well, when I submitted it to the translator, I gave it the word fine French people, instead of beautiful French people. Not taking it personally of course, since I am not French myself, but I find it sad that people make such statements without thinking. If the guy who made the above statements sincerely believes what he said, he is no better than OBL and his gang IMO.
Regards,

Rohit Sinha

Character is like a tree, and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
- Abraham Lincoln

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peterchen

yeah. you are my hero X|

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KaRl

JoeSox wrote: why, after our(the USA) whole history of helping other countries get back on their feet, and sacrificing our own blood throughout that history I'm affraid you're intoxicated by a childish propaganda. When US wage war, they do it to protect their own interests, as any other country do. The fallen GIs died for the US, not for France or Burkina-Faso. They may be counterexamples, but are generally the fact of individuals, like the American volunteers of the squadrons "Lafayette" during WWI or "Eagle" during WWII, or the voulunteers of the heroic International Brigades during the spanish civil war I understand, you're fed since your youngest age with patriotic/nationalist rethorics through your school books, your media, your movies. It's not typical of the US of course, most countries do the same with their people. JoeSox wrote: these countries after being our allies for so long are suddenly rejecting us as allies You're making a big confusion here. YOu make the same binary assumption than GWB, who's not with us is against us. When a friend of mine, moreover one of oldest friends I have, tells me I'm making a major BS, I listen to him. I would perhaps disagree, but I wouldn't throw him insults and threats, or I would act like a psycho kid. Moreover, it would be the best way to loose all my friends.

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KaRl

Sorry, I can't, it would be against what I think.

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Felix Gartsman

KaЯl wrote: Algerian Rebellion Military won. But politically impossible to keep. You forgot also Suez, in '56. Same reasons. '56 was Israeli victory with French/British trying to help. Not only French were late to arrive, their paratroopers landed in the wrong place.

KaRl

BTW, just remember me who sold the planes who gave the victory to Israel in '56 and '67 ? Felix Gartsman wrote: Not only French were late to arrive, their paratroopers landed in the wrong place. These are the info I have. Please justify yours.

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Anna Jayne Metcalfe

Ever thought it might be because you try to make everybody else do things your way everytime? I'm not saying other countries don't (most European nations have a long history of imposing their "culture" on others, for example), but in the modern world it's an approach that does you no favours and undermines the good work the US does do in the world. Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk

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Felix Gartsman

KaЯl wrote: Not only French were late to arrive, their paratroopers landed in the wrong place. These are the info I have. Please justify yours. Basically the history channel shows. Your reference also talks about bad landings.

KaRl

Felix Gartsman wrote: Basically the history channel shows So nothing serious then? ;P Felix Gartsman wrote: bad landings. You probably already know that airborn operations are often subjects of DZ problems. Just remember the 82nd and 101st during Overlord in Normandy, the Brits over Arnhem during Market Garden, the French SAS during operation Armhest in Holland. As the first and third examples show, it's not always representative of the military results of an operation.

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Lost User

In europe we have a lot of experience in peacekeeping (keeping peole alive that is !) unlike the US. The french have earned their place amongst the european peackeepers. The tigress is here :-D

JoeSox

KaЯl wrote: The fallen GIs died for the US, not for France or Burkina-Faso. You try and make a good point, but I disagree. We did it for our own interests, in the same time assisting the other allies. Later,
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KaRl

I can agree on this one, as I consider that assisting allies may be in its own interest. :rose:

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