[Rhodes22-list] FW: From a Marine in Bosnia

[Rik Sandberg]

Good one Saroj, I like that. :-) :-)

My brother's daughter just got back from a trip to Europe. She didn't think 
much of the French either.

Rik


At 08:29 PM 2/7/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>I heard today that going to war without the French is like going hunting
>without an accordian.
>
>Having lived in France for 2 years and suffered their abuse, it gave me a
>chuckle.
>
>Saroj
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jim Connolly" <jbconnolly@speakeasy.net>
>To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 8:19 PM
>Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] FW: From a Marine in Bosnia
>
>
> > Sorry to disappoint, but this was listed there also.
> >
> > http://www.snopes.com/military/marine.htm
> >
> > Not that I don't think the french military hat is a bit silly.
> >
> > Jim Connolly
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: rhodes22-list-bounces@rhodes22.org
> > > [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces@rhodes22.org]On Behalf Of John Tonjes
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 5:54 PM
> > > To: Rhodes org. owners list
> > > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] FW: From a Marine in Bosnia
> > >
> > >
> > > I just had to share this with everyone.
> > >
> > > Rummy
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: VMontgo32@aol.com [mailto:VMontgo32@aol.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 8:39 AM
> > > To: undisclosed-recipients:
> > > Subject: From a Marine in Bosnia
> > >
> > >
> > > >From a Marine in Bosnia
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > In light of the French stating that they would Veto any action against
> > > Iraq
> > > that we may propose before the Sequrity Council of the UN, I thought
> > > this
> > > email from a US Marine serving in Bosnia would put things in
> > > perspective.
> > >
> > > >From a Marine in Bosnia. Note the signature, but read it last.
> > >
> > > A funny thing happened to me yesterday at Camp Bondsteel (Bosnia):
> > > A French army officer walked up to me in the PX, and told me he thought
> > > we
> > > (Americans) were a bunch of cowboys and were going to provoke a war. He
> > > said
> > > if such a thing happens, we wouldn't be able to count on the support of
> > > France.
> > >
> > > I told him that it didn't surprise me. Since we had come to France's
> > > rescue
> > > in World War I, World War II, Vietnam, and the Cold War, their
> > > ingratitude
> > > and jealousy was due to surface at some point in the near future anyway.
> > >
> > > That is why France is a third-rate military power with a socialist
> > > economy
> > > and a bunch of faggots for soldiers.
> > >
> > > I additionally told him that America, being a nation of deeds and
> > > action,
> > > not words, would do whatever it had to do, and France's support was only
> > > for
> > > show anyway. Just like in ALL NATO exercises, the US would shoulder 85%
> > > of
> > > the burden, as evidenced by the fact that the French officer was
> > > shopping in
> > > the American PX, and not the other way around.
> > >
> > > He began to get belligerent at that point, and I told him if he would
> > > like
> > > to, I would meet him outside in front of the Burger King and beat his
> > > ass in
> > > front of the entire Multinational Brigade East, thus demonstrating that
> > > even
> > > the smallest American had more fight in him than the average Frenchman.
> > > He
> > > called me a barbarian cowboy and walked away in a huff.
> > >
> > > With friends like these, who needs enemies?
> > >
> > > Mary Beth Johnson Lt.Col, USMC
> > >
> > >
> > > DON'T YOU JUST LOVE A REAL AMERICAN WOMAN!!!!
> > >
> > >
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