talk.politics.misc

"LarsensAttack" wrote in message
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> Doug Bashford wrote:
>> So how FRENCH is Scrawny Giuliani ?
>>
>> Remember how the Repubs accused John Kerry of being a wimp
>> for enjoying wine and and eating cheese? They sneered that he
>> was a "wine sipper" and "wine sipping," and "French," implying
>> that having civilized tastes was proof of wimpyness?
>
> Fact is, without air superiority, America shat bricks during
> WWII when there was poor weather and they were up against
> the toughest German units.
>
> The French surrendered to those same units when they
> were completely overrun and they would have suffered
> even more pointless losses.
>
> PS, I'd love to hear ignorant hill billies tell a
> Legion d'Etrangere soldier he was a wimp.
> They'd be cut to pieces...

I've heard Legionaires described as "Marines on steroids"
or "two-thirds of a SEAL." But in all fairness, they're not
all of French nationality.
WS