--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > While these snipes are deserved, it is worthwhile > > for > > Americans, who after all sat back behind the > > protective > > wall of 3000 miles of ocean in a land that had never > > had a war fought on its own territory, to remember > > the > > actual circumstances leading up to France's > > capitulation > > in WWII. During the first 2-3 months of the war, > > France > > lost more men than America lost during the *entire* > > war. > > Their population was essentially decimated. They > > were > > clearly outclassed by the more advanced and more > > tech- > > savvy German army; it was no contest. So they gave > > up > > and waited for a better day, rather than lose *all* > > of > > their fighting men. Again, it's something Americans, > > > > with their short view of history (200 years or so) > > don't > > understand. Europeans have seen their countries > > become > > conquerors or conquered dozens of times over the > > centuries, > > and know that neither condition is lasting. > > Sometimes it's > > better to allow the predators to take over for a > > short > > while, marshalling one's strength while waiting for > > a more > > opportune time to fight. > > This putting down of the French is so amazingly > asinine. You want to see some people with balls? Look > at the French resistance during WWII. Let's make some > really funny jokes about the Germans torturing them to > death or killing their children in front of them to > get them to talk. Those silly French. They're not real > men like Rumsfield, Bush, Cheney (5X pussy cat) or > even drug-addled Rush Limbaugh.
Go on a REAL man's group like us.military.army and say things like that. They'll set you straight... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
