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Subject: The French
striker    3/12/2003 7:07:21 PM
The French can suffer the fires of damnation before any American soldier will ever again shed another drop of patriotic reb blood to save their back-stabbing, ungrateful Ânes from the next dictatorship.
 
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giblets    RE:The French   9/18/2003 6:25:54 AM
Just been speaking to some Irish Gal who lives,and studies in Nice, and apparently, accorinding to their history lessons, the French DID liberate themselves, D-day landings were something of a sideline apparently, think Monty was right about letting them lead the march into Paris.
 
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appleciderus    Security Council vote   10/19/2003 9:11:40 PM
Three weeks ago David Kay stated on several talk shows that his investigation had identified numerous countries dealing illegally with Iraq before the US liberation. Last week, a US sponsored resolution resulted in a unanimous vote in the SC. If anyone here believes in coincidence, call me. I have a bridge for sale in Brooklyn.
 
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Rosecroix    RE:Security Council vote   10/20/2003 6:24:18 AM
? why would these be related?
 
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appleciderus    RE:Security Council vote   10/20/2003 6:31:21 AM
That was my question.
 
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American Kafir    RE:Security Council vote   10/20/2003 6:43:22 AM
Interesting document, that resolution (1511). It basically says that America is in charge of Iraqi peacekeeping ops, and that other nations are invited to send troops to assist in this UN operation. So, in other words, Op: Iraqi Freedom was implicitly a UN operation to remove Saddam Hussein (so the UN should pay for it - fat chance) and everyone's still invited to participate if they are willing. In other words, nothing's changed, except now the UN Security Council unanimously says what Bush has been saying all along.
 
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Phoenix Rising    RE:Security Council vote   10/20/2003 10:00:21 PM
The text of the resolution does give legitimacy to the American-backed operation; however, the text and the context are somewhat different. Many of the players voting for the resolution accompanied their votes with statements that they would not send any more troops or money than they already were--ploys deliberately designed to set the anchor at a point where 1511 would not be considered motivation for any country not previously inclined to send aid to change their mind. --Phoenix Rising
 
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brit_view    RE:The French   12/13/2003 2:22:19 PM
I would agree, if there is a next time then us brits and allies will just say "oh dear, what a shame", and then ship them some more white flags.
 
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fall out    RE:The Americans!!   1/14/2004 9:04:07 PM
correct me if im wrong but America r THE most arrogant nation on earth. ive seen them, heard them, spoken to them and the majority of them are arrogant. at school they get taught nothing but US history (and tht wwi started in 1917 and wwii started in 1942! hahaha, wot a joke!), i spoke to 1 american student and he had no idea about the history of the world. stop being such a hipocrit. im not french btw too in case u were wondering.
 
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Iblis    Not really...   1/14/2004 10:47:00 PM
No fall out, you don't have anything to wonder about. Except how you manage to type with just your head banging the keyboard? Iblis
 
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evlstu    RE:Not really...   1/15/2004 3:05:47 AM
FallOut, If your so intelligent then why can't you write in proper english?
 
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fall out    RE:Not really...   1/15/2004 5:52:24 PM
haha, umm, yer, its called in a hurry and sms language (which is now an official language). ;) besides tht really is besides the point mate.
 
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fall out    RE:Not really...   1/15/2004 5:55:28 PM
evlstu r u american? just wondering, no offence if you are (although i dont really know you) but what i said still stands. im not saying all americans are, tht's just stupid but...
 
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evlstu    RE:Not really...   1/16/2004 4:53:47 AM
Does it matter?
 
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fall out    RE:Not really...   1/16/2004 6:35:53 PM
it does for most ppl on this web site (not saying u.. as yet ;) ). as they are biased towards their own country and tend to overlook facts that point in the other direction.
 
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sentinel28a    RE:Not really...   1/17/2004 6:58:07 AM
Are you surprised? Nationalism brings out the best and worst in people. There are people on this board whose grasp of geopolitics is more akin to watching Dragonball Z than reading Sun Tzu or Clausewitz. I'm not going to get on some soapbox and say that I'm unbiased; I try to be, but few things raise my hackles faster than some moron posting "HAHAHA BUSH SUX AMERICA SUX LOL". It's one of the reasons I no longer post on Fark. Explaining why the US Corps of Cadets at West Point couldn't shoot down the WTC hijackers on 9/11 gets pretty boring after the sixth time. Yes, we Americans do tend to be arrogant at times, and usually exceptionalist. That's due to many of the Founding Fathers tracing their roots back to Puritanism and "the house on the hill." They had the world's first modern functioning republic, in a day of monarchies and dictatorships. So naturally they were pretty proud of the fact. That's worked its way into the fabric of American history, world view, and life. We conquered a continent, we helped win two world wars, we helped rebuild the world, we remain one of the world's leading economies, we *are* the world's sole superpower, we put a man on the moon. Several, actually. So yeah, we have a lot to be proud of, and we tend to not let the rest of the world forget it. However, the French didn't mind strutting around when they were on top; the Brits certainly did. The difference there is that the British took the demise of their empire with a shrug and a stiff upper lip; the French sometimes can't seem to get over Waterloo. We're haunted by Vietnam and always will be. I think sometimes the rest of the world doesn't help. One, they keep buying American stuff. You don't like us: quit drinking Starbucks, eating at McDonalds, using an IBM PC, don't fly Boeing (less of a problem these days), and don't watch two-thirds of the movies that come out. Two, when people burn American flags, it makes us think that they're just envious. Not to mention collectively pisses us off. That's my two bucks, anyway.
 
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