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2003-07-13 Iraq

French General: Iraq Mission Not Planned

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Posted by Steve White 2003-07-13 2:24:46 AM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

So donât send the 5,000 to Iraq. Send them to Liberia or some other hell-hole, and make the UN happy.

"I'd rather have a German division in front of me,
than two French divisions behind me."
~ Gen. George Patton

The last thing our men and women need is to have to watch out for the Frenchmen behind them.

Posted by Celissa 2003-7-13 6:45:48 AM|| [http://www.celissasblog.com/] 2003-7-13 6:45:48 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 "I'm sooo confused"
How can French troops be under"operational American control" and be under Gen. Henri Bentegeat's operational command?

Guess this means French troops don't have to follow the American comander's orders.

Reminds me of Somalia,when 10th Mountain and the Delta boys got into trouble it took hours of screwing arround to get the Pak's to do anything to help.

Posted by raptor 2003-7-13 7:50:19 AM|| 2003-7-13 7:50:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 French SF in Afghanistan? Brilliant! Who else could train the last remnants of Al-Qaeda and the Taliban to surrender!

Posted by Ned 2003-7-13 9:48:18 AM|| 2003-7-13 9:48:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Thanks for the info, mon general, but we already kinda knew that. And it wasn't a big surprise.

Posted by tu3031 2003-7-13 11:19:39 AM|| 2003-7-13 11:19:39 AM|| Front Page Top

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