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  1. C'est déjà arrivé.
  2. C'est aussi valable pour le Livre d'Or.
  3. Ce qui inclue aussi ses variantes : Socialisme, National-Socialisme, Communisme, Fascisme, etc.
  4. Avec un gros 'Bang'
  5. Londres, New-York, Sydney ou Tokyo, d'accord. Mais Paris, c'est un bled de cul-terreux.
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Comments | Commentaires

Jose Angel | 6 months, 4 weeks ago
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Mexico
In: Monterrey, Mexico
10/19 2007
11:32 AM

I always wonder why these French leaders don’t understand that France wins nothing by sitting on the fence while the Americans and the British get the job done around the world. France loses the opportunity to contribute to change the world for better.

Because slowly, but surely, Iraq is becoming a parlamentary democracy. They have had several elections already and their citizens are getting used to vote. There’s turmoil in the country, but mostly from terrorists attacks, terrorists that have, for the most part, lost support from the population and are relying more and more on foreign palestinian, jordanian, syrian and iranian recruits, among other people from around the world.

But the Americans are learning their ways too, and are getting savvy about dealing with their kind of warfare, in the process, the Americans also gain some powerful expertise that no other army in the world, except for the israelii, have got today.

But what will the French have to say when, 5 or 10 years from now, Iraq becomes a fully democratic, peaceful and stable democracy? This is not wishful thinking, the most powerful factions in power in Iraq are not the terrorists, but the parties that dominate their assembly, and they are learning to build political alliances among them, the Shiites with the Kurds and some Sunnis as well. They all represent the great mayority of iraquiis, and they all want and will have a stable and democratic Iraq.

What will they tell to the new free and forward-looking iraquies about their opposition to overthrow Saddam Hussein? Had the French government had their way, Saddam will surely still be in power, ever getting stronger with the ever growing income of billions of dollars coming from the rise in oil prices around the world, buying more sophisticated weapons and building defense alliances with more dictatorial regimes, the likes of China, Korea, Russia, just like Iran is doing now.
the dissident frogman | 6 months, 4 weeks ago
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10/19 2007
11:57 AM
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Jose,

My thoughts exactly, well said!

I believe this is your first comment here, and I sure hope it won’t be the last.
sweetdaisies | 6 months, 4 weeks ago
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10/19 2007
06:51 PM

Frogman,

What’s up with the Army gear?  Your freak’in me out man.

Are you an intellectual or just another rebel?

 

Sweetdaisies
Papa Ray | 6 months, 4 weeks ago
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10/19 2007
07:38 PM

Thanks for pointing out that interesting exchange. Let me point out that I have not a clue as how the EU works. But, somebody needs to lead, right? Or is it only ones appointed to certain positions in the EU that can lead? Then if you do have a leader, what kind of power does he have? Can he order Germany to supply a few thousand men, helicopters, jets, etc. and then ask the Dutch or who ever to do the same?

I guess I just want to know what use the EU would be. What is it’s relationship to NATO? For example. Can NATO make them do anything (forget the question, the won’t send NATO what they asked  for the Afghan battle.)

Or is the EU just for trade, tourism and such. Such as screwing America at every chance it gets?

Along the line you brought up. I had a good friend of my Dad tell me that if he had known how Europe would turn out, he might have not tried so hard to join the Army to fight Hitler.

He did say he would have joined the Marines to fight the Japs instead.

Papa Ray
Papa Ray | 6 months, 4 weeks ago
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10/19 2007
07:46 PM

I don’t understand what exactly a "leader" in the EU could do without any real powers? I thought the EU was only formed to screw the rest of the world (particually the U.S.) Hell, NATO can’t even get it’s members to support the war in Iraq or the Afghan.

Oh well, I think I answered my own question.

Papa Ray
Jose Angel | 6 months, 4 weeks ago
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10/19 2007
08:31 PM

Papa Ray:

I think we must give credit to France also. They are probably one of the most influential nations in the world, politically and ideologically speaking. Socialist parties (and also intellectuals, writers, artists, actors and the like) from around the world, especially Latin American, but also all over Europe and Africa, they all look up to France’s modern social democrat model and their tendencies in public policies and good government.

And they are a proud and thinking people, a country accustomed to debating and discussing, and much like America, feel that they have an important role to play in Europe and the world (I sometimes believe that American actually inherited their love for debating and discussing from some scattered and not so many French ancestors, please correct me if I am wrong on this).

And so I believe that for these and other reasons it is that only France has the leadership in Continental Europe to promote, support or even wage a war, and only France can guarantee that other nations like Spain and Germany along with all or most of Europe will join a coalition or support a war with troops, equipment and euros, lots of them.

Germany, the most economically influential nation in continental Europe cannot promote, support or wage any wars by itself because of it traumatic military past, something they have not come to terms with, apparently.

Holland, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Poland, Greece, they can all promote, support and help the Americans, but lack the political leadership the France has.
Grimmy | 6 months, 4 weeks ago
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10/19 2007
08:47 PM

Heh.

Modern intellekshuls. The folk that show up at a gun fight with nothing in their arsenal but an essay they plagiarized for their philosophy 101 final exam.
Proof | 6 months, 4 weeks ago
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10/19 2007
09:05 PM

"War is always the worst solution."

That depends on what precipitates it!
Mike H. | 6 months, 4 weeks ago
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In: Spokane, Wa
10/21 2007
02:52 AM

How does that go? Either lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way. And if you can’t do any of the foregoing then cheer from the sidelines.
Banjo | 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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10/21 2007
10:16 AM

I knew I was right in urging people to restrain their enthusiasm for the "new" French. Eerie how much they seem like the "old" French after just a couple of months.
Proof | 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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10/21 2007
01:11 PM

"I knew I was right in urging people to restrain their enthusiasm for the ‘new’ French"-Banjo

Banjo: I think we need to give the Frogman a little more time! Rome wasn’t built in a day, you know!
Papa Ray | 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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10/21 2007
08:15 PM

I hate this type of comment method. (where you can’t go back and see the previous comments) My memory sucks so I have to either try and remember what others say or just wing it.

I think I will wing it.

I’m waiting for DF to educate me, after all he lives there is French, and might know a sh1tpot more than the rest of us.  I don’t know or have known him long enough to know if he does that type thing or if he only does it by email. Well, he has mine, I’m always open to education, cause you see, my education didn’t include any "101"s except in the hard knocks of life course.

I also know I worked for almost 30 years for the same company,(and also for a few others, plus three years in the U.S. Army, have made a good living, and raised two kids, then retired,  and am still helping raise five grandkids. And doing a damn good job of it on a very limited income. I have no bitches for myself.

So...France will come to the rescue? Is that before or after the coming revolution? Or is there not to be one because the "old" French didn’t show up or couldn’t get passes out of their rest homes?

Excuse me if I am not sure France could tell Germany anything of merit. Germans are hardheaded, nationalist, and a few other things that I won’t mention. None them include cooperative, nor putting their asses on the line for anybody else, especially America and France.

All of this is from my limited education (no universitys) no liberals, nor "progressives", nor even anyone more educated than your average joe Veteran that comprise most of my buds.

I still want to know what the EU or the New European Countries have to offer the American Republic in the new "long war". Or are we going to have to rescue them again from the commies or the islamics?

Oh well, I guess it’s really none of my business as I only have a bunch of grandkids at stake and shouldn’t worry about the state of the world or if America is going to get any help in the biggest fight for survival that the world has ever known.

Forgive me if I have forgotten anything, or missed anybodys comments. But I ask no forgiveness for hurting anyone’s feelings. If you can’t bring your sh1t to the table and cuss and discuss it, go home.

Papa Ray
Jose Angel | 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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Mexico
In: Monterrey, Mexico
10/21 2007
08:37 PM

I guess most European nations, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, etc., (with the honorable exception of Britain and a few others), have played a very unfair game to NATO and the United States and Britain.

On the one hand, they enjoy the benefits of belonging to the most powerful military alliance on earth, on the other hand they can get away with denying their support when they are called upon, even their strategic vote at the security council at the UN, and they also get away with sometimes supporting and sometimes just change their mind just because a new political party got to power (like Zapatero when he pulled out the spanish troops from Iraq).

May be the Europeans are simply spoiled, and then they want the world to take them seriously.

By the way, thanks to Dissident Frog for this great blog.
Grimmy | 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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In: Where I'm at.
10/21 2007
09:49 PM

Jose Angel:

If it was just a matter of the various continental EU "old europe" nations being spoiled, spineless, and generally useless, then it wouldn’t be so bad.

But, what we have is supposed allies that actually go the extra mile and offer constant and direct aid to whom ever we happen to be having to fight.

Austria provided 1000 of their .50 cal sniper rifles to Iran. Many of those rifles have been distributed  to murder/death cultists in Iraq and are used to kill US and Coalition servicemen. The Austrian gov likes to pretend shock and concern about that as they twitter and giggle behind their hands.

Switzerland refused to honor an agreement to provide a 100 or so armored personnel carriers (M113) to the newly forming Iraqi Police Force because that would be seen as "assisting the US in their illegal and immoral war".

Those are just two examples. By all tradition, custom and rights, both those nations cities should be reduced to burning ash. You side with the enemy, you are enemy. Enemy is enemy. All equal under the gun.

It’s fun to line up for a turn to kick the US in the nuts. Its the national sport of most EU nations.

Keep pushing morons.
Mike H. | 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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United States
In: Spokane, Wa
10/22 2007
02:44 AM

Grim, you forgot to mention the Germans sending their people over and then refusing to put them near the fight. I don’t know if it’s still the case but I know that it was the case late last year and early this year.
Jose Angel | 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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Mexico
In: Monterrey, Mexico
10/22 2007
09:51 PM

By mistake I rated this post with 2 stars. I must have been 5, as I really enjoyed it.

Sorry about that.
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