A way to get France's help

[Old Cardinal]

If we want to get France to send folks to Liberia or Iraq, just tell them that they have found truffles growing there....Heard any French jokes lately?

[Old Tiger]

You could also teach their women to shave... wink

[exbccards76'smom]

How about teaching them about soap and water??

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[Gilmer Buckeye]

Nope, but I understand the Polish troops are pretty upset that they are being shot at since they were told this was a "peacekeeping" mission.

Someone should take them aside and say, "Once again, as has so often been the case throughout recorded history, the joke is on you."

[slpybear the bullfan]

The interesting part is how aggressively the Eastern European nations have taken to sending peacekeeping troops abroad. One of my good buddies still serving said... "It says a lot that nations so shortly removed from past repressive regimes recognize that danger elsewhere better than their Western Brethren." Good Stuff

Remember the Troops...

[Old Cardinal]

I ran into 3 quotes about France that I thought were quite ironic--- A quote by Mark Twain! "France has neither winter or summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks, it is a fine country. France has usually been governed by prostitutes." #2 "Going to war without France is like going to war without your accordion." Norman Schwartskopf #3 "I would rather have a German division in front of me, than a French one behind me." General George S. Patton

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[sinton66]

Mark Twain was a very observant fellow!

"I do not dislike the French from the vulgar antipathy between neighbouring nations, but for their insolent and unfounded airs of superiority."
Horace Walpole, British letter-writer and memoirist

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