Thread: The French air force attacks ISIS

Originally Posted by TerryO

Maybe that was also the problem the first time around, if they had used concrete instead of cheese it may have worked.

Either that or make it out of a good strong blue, everyone knows Germans only like bland food. ...

Have you the opportunity to taste the Limburger cheese?

Originally Posted by p38arover

But they are cheese eaters. They make over 700 different kinds of cheese.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPN3KTtrnZM]Monty Python - Cheese Shop - YouTube[/ame]




JC

Originally Posted by bob10

Not that long ago the yanks were calling them cheese eating surrender monkeys, which I did not agree with, Bob


BBC News - France launches first air strikes on IS in Iraq

Was it not once said that comparing states of national preparedness the USA has Defcon 1, 2, 3, 4 and the French have run, hide, surrender, collaborate.

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

Was it not once said that comparing states of national preparedness the USA has Defcon 1, 2, 3, 4 and the French have run, hide, surrender, collaborate.

interesting, when did they run? hide? surrender or collaborate?

Originally Posted by 85 county

interesting, when did they run? hide? surrender or collaborate?

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zdh5zbsG6k"]Perhaps was Rene in Allo Allo[/ame]?

Then again I do not think so

Originally Posted by 85 county

interesting, when did they run? hide? surrender or collaborate?

Whenever our fancy desires it.

You know Winston Churchill's "We shall fight them on the beaches..." speech?
He wrote it so that a speaker of the Middle English language would be able to understand it except for the "We will never surrender" which is a French word and concept.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IHadByMvXk]Winston Churchill - We Shall Fight them on the beaches - YouTube[/ame]

Whatever their motives, the fact is that France is currently plagued with internal friction between different ethnic groups. Arguments about wearing the burqa etc are simply a manifestation of a very deep divide. They have had a series of bombings and shootings over the past several years as a result of politically motivated violence. There is no doubt that their security people and ours are as well as those of Germany, Britain etc are sharing info. Ask teachers in some areas about the tribal divide amongst 2nd and third generation children of middle eastern parents in our high schools... !

Frankly I get very ****ed off with the continual cynicism on these matters... it is a real issue and I am pleased to see whoever is in the chair doing something about it. Look what happened when the USA hesitated to intervenve in Kosovo in the early days...Europe looked the other way and genocide became the norm

..Russia et al have not stepped up in Africa re. the Ebola epidemic... but American parents are expected to send their sons and daughters there as well because no-one else will. I certainly don't agree with US policy "all the way"... but let's be gracious enough to give credit where it is due...

Originally Posted by 85 county

interesting, when did they run? hide? surrender or collaborate?

Try 1940 -1945.