Re: FN-FORUM: Fw: joke of the week [OT]

date posted 23rd March 2003 13:46

that said, the french actually are send troops to the gulf!
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> > France to send troops to Iraq!
> >
> > PARIS, FRANCE -
> >
> > President Jacques Chirac announced today that France would be
> > deploying two elite units of French troops to Iraq. Five hundred
> > crack troops from the 2nd Groupement d'Instruction en Abandonment are
> > mobilizing to assist the Iraqi Army in the finer points of military
> > surrender. "The immediate capitulation of an armed force is a
> > delicate and intricate tactic in which we French have much
> > experience." said Defence Ministry spokesperson General de Armee
> > Francois-Phillippe Hommes de Petit-Pommes. "There is a certain
> > protocol in laying down your arms or fleeing the battlefield. To wave
> > the white flag while remaining arrogant, pompous and insufferable
> > requires experience and training. The French Army believes it is
> > second to none in the fine art of surrendering quickly. The record of
> > our armed forces in that area speaks for itself. The Iraqi
> > performance in giving up without a fight during the last Gulf War was
> > commendable but slip-shod. We hope to improve their level of
> > surrender execution for the next war."
> >
> > General Hommes de Petit-Pommes further announced that 1000 advisors
> > from the Regiment de Collaborateurs Francais will also be dispatched
> > to Iraq to assist the Iraqi people in collaborating effectively with
> > any occupation force. "It is more important to protect their art
> > treasures than to defend their honor," the General pointed out.
> >
> > The General also expressed the hope that Baghdad has some tree-lined
> > boulevards. "It was our experience over two world wars that the
> > Germans liked to march in the shade, and we feel the Americans and
> > the British might like that same measure of comfort in
> > Iraq-especially as warm weather settles in this spring."
>
> Rick
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