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2004-02-02 Europe

Revealed: France shoed US way past Viet traps

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Posted by rkb 2004-02-02 11:43:38 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 You have to give the French credit for going to all that trouble to save your sole.

Posted by Dar 2004-2-2 12:12:12 PM|| 2004-2-2 12:12:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 The United States stuck the boot in after failing to bring Paris to heel on Iraq
SH,are you moonlighting with AFP now?

Posted by Gasse Katze 2004-2-2 12:28:19 PM|| 2004-2-2 12:28:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually, weren't there several variations of the small, foot-sized punji traps that were designed to pierce the boot higher up on the ankle from the sides? Of course, any protection on the sole is better than nothing, since you're likely to be pushing straight down with all your weight behind it.

Posted by Dar 2004-2-2 12:45:51 PM|| 2004-2-2 12:45:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Any truth to the rumor the boot ran faster away from than into battle?

Posted by john 2004-2-2 1:24:54 PM|| 2004-2-2 1:24:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 No but we could test the truth in rumor about French steel-reinforced boots being ideal for kicking in the balls.

Posted by JFM 2004-2-2 2:53:58 PM|| 2004-2-2 2:53:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Frankly, if wearing those boots meant that I don't get skewered by a shit covered spike - I wouldn't care who made them!

Posted by Tony (UK) 2004-2-2 3:11:38 PM|| 2004-2-2 3:11:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 GK, not all the baffling titles are mine - just most.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-2-2 5:35:44 PM|| 2004-2-2 5:35:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 The shoe was nicknamed the 'Ed Sullivan' shoe, because it was a 'really, big shoe'. ;^)

Posted by Jabba the Nutt 2004-2-2 11:50:47 PM|| 2004-2-2 11:50:47 PM|| Front Page Top

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