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Choose a side: Al Qaida declares war on France

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by poindexter, Sep 14, 2006.

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  1. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    This is like having to pick a favorite when Notre Dame plays USC.
     
    micropolitan guy, Sep 14, 2006
    #13
  2. NDub

    NDub Guest

    I think the thread title is funny.
     
    NDub, Sep 14, 2006
    #14
  3. Lugnuts

    Lugnuts Well-Known Member

    Terrorists or the French?

    Really poindexter?

    I never knew you were "one of those."

    To folks who rip the French:
    A.) Do you have any sense of history?
    B.) Is it me, or were they right about WMD in Iraq?

    And poindexter, just to close my case......

    I believe she's French. I guess you'll be choosing the French.
     
    Lugnuts, Sep 14, 2006
    #15
  4. PaseanaARG

    PaseanaARG Guest

    I don't think Al-Qaeda is capable of tactical errors. They want to fuck people up. I don't see this as a tactical error to that end because, well, they're still going to fuck people up.
     
    PaseanaARG, Sep 14, 2006
    #16
  5. zeke12

    zeke12 Guest

    I'm rooting for Hawk Harrelson.
     
    zeke12, Sep 14, 2006
    #17
  6. NDub

    NDub Guest

    http://www.i-hate-france.com/militaryhistory.html
     
    NDub, Sep 14, 2006
    #18
  7. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Oh, for pete's sake.
     
    poindexter, Sep 14, 2006
    #19
  8. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Oh for Jacque's sake.
     
    Ace, Sep 14, 2006
    #20
  9. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Oh, for Abdul's sake.
     
    poindexter, Sep 14, 2006
    #21
  10. lono

    lono Active Member

    Shariff don't like it ...
     
    lono, Sep 14, 2006
    #22
  11. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Luggy, the thread title is funny in a farcical kind of way, not because anyone would actually choose Al Queda over the French. I do have a sense of history. The French are rarely right about anything. During WWII, the British fought valiently, the French rolled over. Everyone talks about the "French Resistance," but really what was the resistance? Their factories were more efficient in churning out stuff for the Nazis than the German factories. We saved their ass, and they have been thumbing their noses at us since.

    The French weren't right about WMDs, either. French companies were making so much money off kickbacks from the oil-for-food program that they didn't want the Saddam gravy train going away. It is how the French make every decision in the aggregate: Criteria 1, How deep is our hand in the cookie jar, and how much will the cashflow be affected? Criteria 2, All things being equal, how much can we tweak America with this? The thread title is funny because the French don't have a reputation for being a very principled people. There is a reason why they have that rep.
     
    The Big Ragu, Sep 14, 2006
    #23
  12. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    The English also had an ocean between them and Hitler. That helped a little.
     
    Ace, Sep 14, 2006
    #24
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