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France Launches Major Military Campaign In Mali, Bungles Hostage Rescue Attempt
Whether it is to serve as a diversion from the ongoing deterioration in the French economy (purchases of French sovereign bonds by the SNB implying "all is well" notwithstanding), to distract public attention from the recent humiliation (and backfire) of the socialist government's "tax the rich" campaign or for whatever other reason, is unclear for now, but what is clear is that over the past two days France has launched a major airstrike and military campaign against Islamist rebels in northern Mali, the pretext being that control of northern Mali by the rebels posed a security threat to Europe.
What is also clear is that even as France is protecting "European interests" deep in the heart of African darkness, elsewhere in Africa, the socialist country, whose military "expertise" is best known for building impassable fortifications all around perfectly crossable forests, suffered yet another offensive humiliation when not only was a hostage held by Somalian insurgents, al Shabaab, killed during an attempted rescue operation, but a commando from the "rescuing" team was allegedly left behind during the bungled operation. The cherry on top in president Hollande's first major foreign policy excursion is that the same insurgents subsequently released a statement that the hostage was perfectly safe, even as a French pilot was killed in the Mali airstrikes early on in the campaign, all of which probably makes France wish it had just stayed home.
From Reuters on what is set to be another major humiliation for the French "military machine":
French fighter jets bombed Islamist rebels in Mali for a third day on Sunday as Paris poured more troops into the capital Bamako, awaiting the arrival of a West African force to dislodge al Qaeda-linked insurgents from the country's north.
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said France's dramatic intervention on Friday to bomb a convoy of heavily armed Islamist fighters sweeping southwards had stopped them from seizing Mali's capital Bamako within days.
Western countries fear Islamists could use Mali as a base for attacks on the West, forming a link with al Qaeda militants in Yemen, Somalia and North Africa.
Le Drian said former colonial power France was carrying out continuous bombing raids against the alliance of rebel groups, which seized the country's vast desert north in April.
"There are raids going on now: there were some last night, and there will be more tomorrow," Le Drian told French television. "The president is totally determined that we must eradicate these terrorists who threaten the security of Mali, our own country and Europe."
A Reuters cameraman reported seeing on Sunday more than 100 French troops disembarking from a military cargo plane at Bamako airport, just on the outskirts of the capital.
Bamako itself was calm on Sunday, with the sun streaking through the dust enveloping the city as the seasonal Harmattan wind blew from the Sahara. Some cars drove around with French flags draped from the windows to celebrate Paris's intervention.
President Francois Hollande has made it clear that France's aim in Mali is to support the deployment of a West African mission to retake the north, endorsed by the United Nations, the European Union and the United States.
A French pilot was killed on Friday when rebels in Mali shot down his helicopter.
Naturally, since Russia (or China) have no interest in preserving their geopolitical interest in the west-African republic, the UN has no problem with sanctioning a military operation over yet another sovereign. But at least it's democratic.
As for the parallel campaign staged by France several thousand miles east in Somalia, things did not turn out quite as good.
France sent special forces into Somalia to rescue a secret agent but insurgents apparently killed their hostage during the raid along with a commando, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Saturday.
The intelligence agency team flew into southern Somalia by helicopter under cover of darkness to try to free Denis Allex, held since 2009, by al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab, on the same day France launched air strikes against Islamist militants in Mali.
"Commandos broke into where Allex was being detained last night and immediately faced strong resistance," Le Drian told a news conference.
"Intense combat took place, during which - and now I speak with caution - everything leads us to believe that Denis Allex was unfortunately killed by his captors."
...
The defence ministry said earlier that 17 Somali fighters were killed in a mission prompted by "the intransigence of the terrorists, who refused to negotiate for three and half years".
What is worse are reports from the locals that the hostage was not in fact killed, suggesting the French expedition merely used his death as a scapegoat to justify a retreat so prompt it may even have left one of its commandos behind:
Sowing confusion, Al Shabaab said in a statement that Allex was still alive.
A French commando died from wounds sustained in the Somali raid and a second was missing, Le Drian said.
Al Shabaab said in a statement that Allex was alive and being held at a location far from the base where French military helicopters attacked overnight.
"The injured French soldier is now in the custody of the mujahideen and Allex still remains safe and far from the location of the battle," it said. "Several French soldiers were killed in the battle and many more were injured before they fled from the scene of battle, leaving behind some military paraphernalia and even one of their comrades on the ground."
When asked about whether the missing commando was now in the hands of Al Shabaab, French Army chief Admiral Edouard Guillaud said: "If he is alive then he could be, but he could also be hiding."
Embarassing or not, the French military campaign is merely doing the one thing all "developed, democratic" governments do when left with no other options: distract from problems inside the country. And as can be seen in the list below, France certainly has experience in protecting its national interests especially within its former African colonies:
- 1991 - DJIBOUTI/ETHIOPIA - French troops based in Djibouti help check the Afar rebellion and disarm Ethiopian soldiers who cross the border after the overthrow of Ethiopian President Mengistu Haile Mariam.
- 1994 - RWANDA - French and Belgian soldiers evacuate Europeans from Rwanda as Hutu hardliners massacre hundreds of thousands, mainly Tutsis. Later in the year some 2,500 French troops, backed by contingents from African countries, launch "Operation Turquoise", described as a humanitarian effort, from Zaire into eastern Rwanda.
- 1995 - COMOROS - French forces crush a repeat coup attempt led by French mercenary Bob Denard against President Said Mohamed Djohar. About 200 French soldiers forced Denard to leave the Comoros and restored order after president Ahmed Abdallah's assassination by his guard in 1989.
- 1996/97 - CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - French troops intervene to end army pay mutiny against President Ange-Felix Patasse.
- 1997 - CONGO REPUBLIC - Some 1,200 French troops rescue French and African nationals during fighting between Congo army and supporters of military leader Denis Sassou Nguesso, now president again.
- 2002 - IVORY COAST - French forces mount "Operation Licorne" to help westerners trapped by a military uprising which effectively cut Ivory Coast in two. In 2004 they destroyed Ivory Coast's small air force after government forces bombed a French base.
- 2008 - CHAD - A new French intervention bolsters the regime of Chadian president Idriss Deby and evacuates foreigners during attacks by rebels who crossed from neighbouring Sudan.
- 2011 - LIBYA - French planes are the first to bomb Muammar Gaddafi's forces in March after the United Nations voted to allow intervention in Libya to protect civilians caught up in a rebellion against Gaddafi's four-decade rule. NATO took command of the overall mission on March 31 which allowed Libyan rebels to defeat government forces and effectively seize power.
- 2011 - IVORY COAST - French forces tip the balance alongside U.N. forces in the civil war which erupted after the refusal of Laurent Gbagbo to step down and accept the election victory of Alassane Ouattara as president.
- 2013 - French aircraft pound Islamist rebels in Mali after they tried to expand their power base and headed towards the Malian capital, Bamako. France had warned that the control of northern Mali by the rebels posed a security threat to Europe. At the same time France mounted an unsuccessful commando raid to try to rescue a French hostage held by al Shabaab militants in Somalia, also allied to al Qaeda. The hostage was killed.
All of which leads us to one simple conclusion: expect some very ugly economic numbers out of France now that even Germany is expected to report the first leg of a full blown recession.
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it's all part of france's effort to increase its presence in 35 african nations
Oh no, Not Another Terrorist Organization!
zato- zionist armies of total occupation
“When all else loses, they take you to war.” -Gerald Celente
The Froggies are showing that they are subhumans too.
This has nothing to do with hostages. There's nothing in Mali worth possessing. Mali threatens no one. Not even themselves. Why wreck Mali? It's wreckable.
If it is in subsaharan Africa and its not certain suburbs in South Africa, then rest assured it is wrecked to begin with, pre-wrecked in the Garp sense.
The only thing the French frogs can do right is SUCK a COCK.
It is a learned skill, and most of the training they get now is from high production quality american porn films made in Vegas and LA suburbs. Same deal with the grooming of the pits and crotches. Imported from El Lay.
how much GOLD does mali have?
Uranium?
Yes, uranium is key to understanding what is going on. Basically, the uranium is in the northern desert which is traditionally controlled by the Tuareg (browns)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuareg
The government of the country is black. Traditionally, the Tuareg raided the south to get slaves to sell further north. They have been cut out of the wealth brought in to exploit the uranium.
What is going on is 100% a resources play. France's 50+ nuclear reactors need the fuel ... badly
I think this song sums it up (Circ - Danger)...appropriate video too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njyhTcqtmto
French attacks on muslims? I hope native Parisians have their auto insurance paid up. Tyler please keep an eye on this.
Non arab muslims. Big difference.
Gold is mined in the southern region and Mali has the third highest gold production in Africa (after South Africa and Ghana).[47]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali#Economy
WTF. Don't they normally just fly in and surrender?
Merde
LA = Lower Alabama, right?
3rd largest gold producing country in Africa....
Follow the truffles.
Why doesn't France just do what the Saudis do: pay America to fight its wars.
Because they're skint.
Hooray! Budget justifications!
Should be a good boost for 2013 GDP
Naw, it's a good excuse to print more money.
From "Mish" today:
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/01/france-hidden-zombie-in-europe.html
Wag the tail.
Wag the dog!
(This bears no relation to Chinese citizenism's 'Wok the dog')
What's french for alQaeda/alBanksta, TSA, domestic terrorism, increased police state?
Raison d'ebt ?
Re: "[mission] to dislodge al Qaeda-linked insurgents from the country's north."
What is NOT linked to Al Qaeda nowadays? Those guys sure get around.
"Intense combat took place, during which - and now I speak with caution - everything leads us to believe that Denis Allex was unfortunately killed by his captors."
An alternative story could involve troops going in to eliminate a compromised asset.
No facts. Just fishy smells.
This was france acting unilaterally. Remember that used to be an insult. NATO's got nothing to do with this.
"NATO's got nothing to do with this."
Amazing...for once, eh? But in due time...once they pull out of Afghanistan, they'll need somewhere else to stir shit up no where near the North Atlantic.
America is deploying soldiers to Mali to train and advise, but with the open option of engaging directly in combat. You really think America and France both happen to be deploying into the same country, with no co-ordination at all?
EDIT: BTW, The government of Mali asked Canada to come help them too, but Harper told them that unfortunately we cannot at this time.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/new-leader-mig...
Because we were told to.
Oh my! You'd better send in the "Piece (of shit) President" in at once! He'll sort it all out and if need be, will transfer truckloads of MAN Pads, RPG's, Hell-Fire Missiles and such into Mali from Benghazi.
Give them all Obamaphones and EBT cards and go home!
Looks like they are planning a night mission. The lead jet has the big flashlight attachment on.
Now that is fucking funny!
LOL
I thought the same thing when I saw the pic. lol
so, its a flashlight pod? kinda like an ECM pod but with about 5 million candlepower.....so what's it run off of? 2157 AA batteries?
Merde!
Zut! Alors.
putain de bordel de merde!
the killed officer was piloting a 1960's helicopter with no armor ... what kind of idiot would use such weapons today and expect our guys to survive ?
The helicopter would have had armor if Gerard Depardieu only paid his fair share of taxes!
The last time La France went to war on their own (well, they did have the help of the Brits) was in Libya. After 3 days they ran out of bombs. And had to ask NATO who in turn asked the US to release munitions from US inventory. (Public record)
Holly Mail!
Perhaps the French should have tried taunting them.
French Soldier: I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.
Monty Python
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V7zbWNznbs
Acting in Africa, the French will be brutal, more efficient, with the technical means they do have. They don't have freaking JAGs reviewing every little gesture they're making out amongst the AK and RPG toting dead enders of the muslim turd world. Also, France's native muzzies are not malien muzzies, but rather arabs. They've got a free hand. No one gives a shit about Mali, or almost.
I think the French are trying to incite their Muslims residents. It's total chaos they want and they will get it.
Aha, the French are feeding their north african residents, and providing them free health care, notably free delivery of babies, and free housing, so they can then incite a civil war with them.... by militarily opposing racially and ethnically different muslims thousands of miles of way. You may be on to something.
Those North African's are there to terrify the Native French so they can spunk their money on wars and when they are broke tell them the African's took all the money. Then they send native French millitary technology backed by North African mercenaries and troops to fight the war in Africa. Leads to more millitary tech in Africa and African refugees in major cities. Keeps going until everyone in Africa and Europe is dead or sealed in ever more dystopian millitarized cities.
Switch of the welfare and interventions and see what happens in Africa and the cities of Europe and North America. There is no race war the government is playing everyone off against everyone else.
http://www.france24.com/en/20130114-mali-france-intervention-terrorist-a...
They incite the terror threats to further reduce the Liberties of the people. It's what governmetn does best. Create the very conditions that cause the people to willingly give up their powers to the Party that promises they will be safe.
If you go looking at the amount of parts counterfeiting in the aerospace industry you wouldn't fly anything modern either or step foot on a plane again.
We know a pilot with American Airlines. He feels EXACTLY the same.
It's unbelievable how much of it goes on and it's getting worse with credit locked up in banks. Forces all those carriers to make a quick buck to pop their year end.
To those unfamiliar with the practice. The best case scenario is it a restamped part that's been OEMed. At least it hasn't been used. Worse case, it's the broken part being removed from a plane and then SOLD back into the parts dealers then BACK into the pool of 'parts'. It's estimated right now that it's one in eight parts, off record, media spin is 1 in 12. It's getting worse every day.
So those wondering why the 787 was grounded, 5% of that plane should have never been flying and it was all engine replacement parts. Unreal the crap the industry tries to get away with. Only way now to guarantee a plane for insurance is to have one built from scratch and a parts assembly shipped with it which costs a fuck tonne of money. Since nobody has the money to do that anymore and the technology is expensive/the workers are now very old, it's a crap shoot on getting all the right people, parts and practice lined up now.
Worst record for pirate parts are those corporate private jets. More specialized the plane the higher the likelihood of problems because of the refurbish costs. Helicopters fit that bill except all those ancient tin cans from Vietnam that were built to be repaired on field. Might not be able to find a part, but you can find a junk yard somewhere and a welding torch. Doesn't work so well with engines that have multiple guidance systems that control the torus of air to keep a brick with missiles floating. So that's why they won't use the pretty stuff for Africa. The targets are too far from a mechanic that is worth more than every pilot that flys them.
So be assured...shortages are everywhere. In aerospace though they make planes fall out of the sky.
In Iraq they shoot down helis with a hunting rifle ...
I thought Depardieu moved to Russia or Belgium...why are they attacking Mali again?...lol.
i believe the true reason is not Mali but neighbouring countries such as Niger and Tchad. The french want to protect their Areva Uranium mines there and they don't want those "terrorists" to threat those facilities as they did in the past (i think they still hold something like 10 french ingeneers hostage somewhere in that desert)
absolutely correct
In addition to uranium, Mali is the third largest gold producer in Africa with production exceeding 43.5 tons in 2011. A majority of the the mining companies are domiciled in N. America and Europe.
The flow of gold to the west will not be allowed to be impeded.
You are correct, lots of Gold there in Mali...
Which means they are just dying for a new central bank!
Mali is Gold Fields new frontier' Turner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOn1mJWrCLk
Hey now, everyone knows Valerie Plame's husband went to Niger and Chad and the whole yellowcake thing was just a pretext for Halliburton!
Hey....Super Broccoli
You used the "N" word.
I wish every country would just stay home!
Home doesn't.
WineSorbet,
Funny how your arrows will not respond. Solution denial control.
+1
Did anyone hear about the modern marvel of engineering that French tanks are?
They have 1 forward gear and 3 reverse!
I was told that the gun barrel had this long rod that popped out of it with a flag attached to the end that said "I SURRENDER"...
I think it's permanently mounted to the barrel.
It's a funny 'visual' in any case...
~~~
Edit: Well, except for a few [evidently], who also don't enjoy the lack of serious drama in 'Inspector Clouseau' movies...
the forward gear is in case the enemy gets behind them (the rest of the joke).
well in fact you're right, during WWII one of the french tanks was going faster in reverse gear than forward :-) ahah
Ah the French Military after Waterloo.. somehow it's never been the same. Try as I might, I always confuse Captain Dreyfus with Marty Feldman
The last war the French won was the French Revolution. Won primarily due to the fact that the opponent was also French.
There are tons of used French battle rifles for sale, never fired, dropped once.
Their spec-ops guys and foreign legion can be pretty solid, the problem is up the command chain.
The foreign legion is comprised of 76% non-French personnel, except for the officers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Foreign_Legion
President Francois Hollande says domestic security to be stepped up as his country battles al-Qaeda-linked groups. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2013/01/201311345939685960.html The old "invade another country to make yours safer" trick backfires again.Hollande is unpopular so he invades a foreign country and steps up internal security.
Pass the Bernays sauce, please.
You are saucy as usual Knucks. Not much difference between Hollandaise and Bernays.
You mean the Bernanke Sauce, a concoction made from the boiled jaw bone of an ass and a dash of sheep dip.
I believe Liesman has swallowed all the bernanke sauce
Bernanke Sauce...
The Obama Admin spreads it liberally on the shit sandwich they force us to eat!
hahahaha!
Well, he bought in the Clinton's franchise - Khartum was hit by Monica-Cruise
Missile after some lying b4 Congress ....
If one is relying on the french to "rescue them" one should be prepared for a very long long wait.
French are good at food, booze and taking summers off.They aren't exactly known for their courage.
But we can all celebrate the bombing, by first world countries, of more brown people......booyah!
Frenchies....they fight with their feet and fuck with their face. ( old WWII yarn )
"The French are just great in bed" is what you're suppose to say. What's next...another English report of "the demise of Napoleon"? Presidents Jefferson and Adams await....
They put their pants on the same way we do, but have sex less than we do, and less artfully. All that lover reputation is from the boring films about it, not the real deal. Oh, they also put their penises in vaginas and other orifices about the same ways we do. Maybe the same as Maliens.
But they leave their socks on !
My experience is they leave their hose on, and the high heels usually just come off inadvertently.
That's what straps, chains and padlocks are for, bitchez
We are entering into the Hell where:
The French are the Mechanics,
The Germans are the Police,
The British are the Cooks,
The Italians are the Bankers
and the Swiss are the Lovers.
When will Dear Leader commit US forces to Mali to insure that Mali becomes another Islamic state?
Valerie Jarrets working on it.
"She was Deputy Chief of Staff for Mayor Richard Daley, during which time (1991) she hired Michelle Robinson, then engaged to Barack Obama" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Jarrett
Her motto could be "Hear all evil, See all evil, Speak all evil"
It's even a layer or two deeper than that, Temporalist: the excerpt is adapted from the link below
Obama’s early mentor(or real father?), Frank Marshall Davis, was a member of the Communist Party and a former Soviet Agent who was under FBI investigation for a total of 19 years. In 1948, Davis moved from Chicago to Hawaii leaving behind a colleague named Vernon Jarrett, father-in-law of Senior White House advisor, Valerie Jarrett. Yes, the Jarrett’s are communists as well. Both Jarrett and Davis wrote for a leftwing newspaper called the Chicago Defender in which they espoused a communist takeover of the United States Government.
http://www.thecommonsenseshow.com/2012/10/03/the-russians-are-coming-red...
The "Jarrett was born in Iran" thing is a misdirection. Key question: why did Obama move to Chicago to start his career as a "community organizer" after working for a CIA front company in NY out of college?
The French commando team http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHhyyRByuJ0
Dont't forget about their missile-launching prowess (I know this video was posted here): https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=french%20eryx%20youtube&source=w...
hollande is a bildeberger appointed president just as soetoro was a rockefeller appointed president....they all do the bidding of the plutocrats who are mammon worshippers of the worst kind....
hollande and soetoro are war mongering murderers....
mali poses as much a threat to europe as either cuba or vietnam did to the usa....just another trumped up reason to spend trillions on war and line the pockets of plutocrats and the academic hangers on...
"Gold, livestock and agriculture amount to eighty percent of Mali's exports" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali
It's called the "Gold Coast" for a reason. Better take out those terrists or they will stop the flow of the spice...and the uranium...
First Dune reference. Score! Jean-Luc Picard was in the David Lynch version, and Sean Young, yowza.
...eh, it's true that Mali has alot of Gold, but the Gold Coast is now called Ghana, which has even more Gold...and Oil...
nothing changes, fuck them both.
Hot war, hot fiat. Next China japan and for the main course isreal attacks Iran. Uncle Sam comes hat in hand asking for your sacrifice as patriots.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iePl9mnSI9Q
(humming la Marseillaises)
Close but these guys are French Canadian troops .
"close enough for government work"
-Gerard Depardieu
What is in Mali that the French may be interested in? No oil, mass poverty...
http://cia-world-factbook.realclearworld.com/l/392/Mali
maybe -- just maybe -- mali has been providing aid and comfort to whoever caused gid's (under-reported) broken leg
http://www.thestandard.co.zw/2012/12/09/rbz-governor-appears-in-public-w...
http://nehandaradio.com/2012/12/03/rbz-chief-gideon-gono-hospitalised/
.. and it wasn't because of this
http://www.zimeye.org/?p=23427
or this
http://nehandaradio.com/2012/03/23/gono-having-affair-with-ministers-wife/
or this
http://www.newzimbabwe.com/pages/gono14.13531.html
or this
http://nehandaradio.com/2012/09/19/kereke-claims-wife-and-daughter-have-...
piers is busy getting to the bottom of this
I'm glad to hear this news, anytime we don't see "Gid" for a while I worry, the World needs more men like Gid Gonzo! (To save us, you know what I mean, right, he has been down this road before, he can guide our way and lead us to the promised land!)
Uranium desposits
Ahhh! Now its starting to make some sense. France uses nuclear for most of its power and they need uranium. Mali is a weak country so blame it on Islam and take it. Imperialism 101. Thanks for the heads up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_France
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/rockgate-increases-mineral-resources-falea...
uranium in neighbouring Chad and Niger as well, also a lot of capital has been going to develop gold mining projects and exploration and production the last 10 years in Mali. I reckon they want to establish a secured "footing" in the region and Mali has been chosen from which they can attempt to control Niger and Chad as well.
To add another layer to the onion, some studying the monetary situation claim that in a 'Chicago Plan' (see IMF paper) or quasi 'CP' wherein assets are somehow valued against the currency (rather than debt alone), that some in said school of thought believe in marking to market while it is 'still in the ground'. That is to say, that Dave has heard of such ideas being bandied about.
"We are not broke, on the contrary, look at all the minerals we own" might be overheard in certain company maybe.
Well, that's a more concrete plan than the platinum coin. The BCE could draw a circle around Africa's gold and diamond mines and plant a flag on them. After all, the gold doesn't move from vault to vault much, so why even dig it up.
Heeey, wait a minute, I may have just saved the world economy!
Let's petition the White House to make me treasury secretary.
TBT or not TBT would be a highly ironic signature to add to the dollar bills with all those presidents on them.
Or maybe even "What sort of goodies might bondholders accept in the event of a French sovereign default?"
Almost certainly very decent oil deposits in the Northern territory as well.
The internal politics and perpetual civil wars of Africa are of no interest to France or the USA unless their is something profitable. al-Qaeda was synomynous with "There's oil there". It appears that it can also mean, "There's uranium there."
http://www.libyaherald.com/2012/08/23/frances-total-keen-on-libya/
Maybe the should have thought of this before they invited 5 million Muslims to come and torch cars. Good strategy.
but France and the French government are not under the control of the French people.... just like the U.S., an occupied government controlled by outside interests. No different than the U.S. federal government allowing poor migrants to flood into the U.S. through the southern border for decades...
A government for the people went bye the people.
Almost as good as bringing peace and security to a country that comprised of tribes of warring illiterate religious fascists that still wipe their asses with rocks.
Vive Le Farce.
"farce" is feminine, so that's Vive la Farce, but yeah, we are greatly amused at France, once again. They fuck things up on a far smaller scale, and small things can be cute, so there's that. Iraq and Afhanistan produced some great full scale war situations to consider, and to enjoy for return on our tax dollar, but cute they were not.
Its the thought that counts.
Its been forty five years since I spoke French ,very badly.
The real Winston Churchill passed quite a lot of time in France during his life, and if he made such a mistake he would have done so on purpose, in jest. I knew Winston Churchill. Winston Churchill was my friend. You are no Winston Churchill!
Bullshit! I knew Churchill personally. He lugged a trainload of shit behind him that could've fertilized the Sinai. I wouldn't buy an apple from the son of a bitch, and I considered him a good, close personal friend.
The pint of scotch on his cornflakes very morning didn't help much either.
Terrible Eton French, if you read memoirs the French contempary politicos
they could barely understand him.
That China is one of the world's powers? (reference too old or obscure?)
http://www.militaryfactory.com/battles/french_military_victories.asp
Cinco de Mayo oh wait they lost that one with 3 to 1 ratio of superior numbers and far better equipment...
fucking french tryin to emulate their imperialist american cousins...
they should stick to what they do best - NOTHING.......
it's weird how americans can't stand another country messing around like they usualy are doing ;-)
Seriously, you need to get out and eat more cheese.
Also, France is a really nice piece of real estate, I mean California nice. Top notch mountains, beaches, plains, coasts, weather.
lived n france for 2 years with a lady i met here n the states...
streets littered with dog shit owners dont bother picking up...
french dudes still believe the myth about them being the ultimate lady killers...
beer cost $9....
fuck france man....they can keep their cheese and their attiudes.....
It would have been better if the author had cited previous bad economic news just after the entries in that list of milirary escapades rather than saying expect it because some guys with guns did something.
The French have the art of "Surrendere" down to a fine tee.
Dont worry folks, this will be over before tea-time the morrow. And I have heard on the grapevine that the French have unvieled their new National Flag. Its a white cross on a white background.
Merde bitchez......
Mali Situation Updates: 200 more french soldiers arrived, Britain and US now involved, France tightens Security Level! Heavy bombing in GAO now!
http://investmentwatchblog.com/mali-situation-updates-200-more-french-soldiers-arrived-britain-and-us-now-involved-france-tightens-security-level-heavy-bombing-in-gao-now/
Well yeah, that's what leading from behind means. As long as you didn't start the fight your cool getting into it a tad later as a non-instigating good guy.
Diversion, no it's just a mirage...looks to be three of them in fact.
it seems to me that the more wars that TPTB start, the more they have to start to keep the lid on things. A slow burn towards global explosion, yea, thank you for looking after best interests and keeping us safe politicians and banksters.