FRANCE WILL ANNOUNCE THEIR REINTEGRATION INTO NATO'S MILITARY COMMAND!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hooray we are all saved!!!! LOL :wink:
some highlights:
The quiet reintegration intensified under President Jacques Chirac....... However, Chirac's price for agreeing to France's return - taking European command of one of the two major NATO commands in the Mediterranean area (AFSOUTH in Naples) from the United States - was regarded by the Clinton administration as too high and the deal ultimately collapsed."
:rofl::rofl::rofl:
yes...let's not only reintegrate them...let's give them command of half the Mediterranean!
...even more worrisome...
Nor, in fact, has Sarkozy walked away empty-handed. The United States has reportedly agreed that France will be given responsibility for the Virginia-based Allied Command Transformation (ACT), which prepares the Alliance's long-term vision and doctrine, as well as the Alliance's command post in Lisbon, which is the headquarters for NATO's Rapid Reaction Force (NRF).
do we really want the folks that gave us the Maginot Line and fell to the Germans in 3 days (it only took so long because it was raining) in charge of long term vision, doctrine and the Rapid Reaction Force?
we should rename it the NATO Rapid Retreat Force now. :frown1:
France has some very excellent special forces plus intelligence units and networks, but as for the rest...well...you know the old joke...
During the war of 1812, the French capture a British Major. He was brought to the French general for interrogation. The French general began ridiculing the Major and the General said,
"Why do you British wear zat stupid red tunic, eet makes it easy for us to shoot you."
The British major replied,
"Because If a British officer is wounded, the blood will not show, and my soldiers will not panic."
The French general said,
"Zat eez an excellent idea," he turned to his adjutant and said, "From now on all French officers will wear brown pants."
Ba dum bump :biggrin1:
and of course these gems:
"What do you expect from a culture and a nation that exerted more of its national will fighting against DisneyWorld and Big Macs than the Nazis?"
GlobalSecurity.org - SITREP Situation Report
Hooray we are all saved!!!! LOL :wink:
some highlights:
The quiet reintegration intensified under President Jacques Chirac....... However, Chirac's price for agreeing to France's return - taking European command of one of the two major NATO commands in the Mediterranean area (AFSOUTH in Naples) from the United States - was regarded by the Clinton administration as too high and the deal ultimately collapsed."
:rofl::rofl::rofl:
yes...let's not only reintegrate them...let's give them command of half the Mediterranean!
...even more worrisome...
Nor, in fact, has Sarkozy walked away empty-handed. The United States has reportedly agreed that France will be given responsibility for the Virginia-based Allied Command Transformation (ACT), which prepares the Alliance's long-term vision and doctrine, as well as the Alliance's command post in Lisbon, which is the headquarters for NATO's Rapid Reaction Force (NRF).
do we really want the folks that gave us the Maginot Line and fell to the Germans in 3 days (it only took so long because it was raining) in charge of long term vision, doctrine and the Rapid Reaction Force?
we should rename it the NATO Rapid Retreat Force now. :frown1:
France has some very excellent special forces plus intelligence units and networks, but as for the rest...well...you know the old joke...
During the war of 1812, the French capture a British Major. He was brought to the French general for interrogation. The French general began ridiculing the Major and the General said,
"Why do you British wear zat stupid red tunic, eet makes it easy for us to shoot you."
The British major replied,
"Because If a British officer is wounded, the blood will not show, and my soldiers will not panic."
The French general said,
"Zat eez an excellent idea," he turned to his adjutant and said, "From now on all French officers will wear brown pants."
Ba dum bump :biggrin1:
and of course these gems:
"What do you expect from a culture and a nation that exerted more of its national will fighting against DisneyWorld and Big Macs than the Nazis?"
GlobalSecurity.org - SITREP Situation Report