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Old 11-25-2006, 00:32 AM   #17 (permalink)
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I don't see how French history is relevant anymore anyway. We are not talking about the bloody campaigns that they've committed themselves to in history (God knows Napoleon's march thru Russia was bloody). But as of right now, they do not have the willingness to fight a war and take heavy casualties. None of the Europeans have that kinda willingness and public support.
They'll fight, and fight dirty, if it's in their interests to do so, if there is a profit to be made. They surrendered in WWII, but the free French were the hardest bunch of bastards there. Algeria made Iraq look like a waltz. They'll bomb and kill whenever it suits them and if you underestimate them you're in trouble.
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