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2008-03-05 Afghanistan

France pushing for focused NATO front against Taliban

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Posted by Fred 2008-03-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
File under: Taliban

#1 As a canuck:

Who cares who gets credit? Get the job done.

Want a French general? Fine. With risk comes responsibility.

Want to send troops to the east? OK. Just send the spares to where the fighting is actually taking place.

Want to enhance French prestige? OWN UP to your NATO obligations.

Logistical problems in the south? Send helicopters, not Mirages. We can ship a dozen F18s on a moments notice, but our Chinooks are decades old, and Boeing won't fast-track new ones. I hear EADS is now flush with cash. How about a few choppers in return?

Logistical problems in Afghanistan was a "given" from the start. To see NATO floundering 7 years later is an embarrassment.

Posted by Vanc 2008-03-05 03:25|| 2008-03-05 03:25|| Front Page Top

#2 What Vanc said so succinctly. Except for the being a Canuck part. ;-) Oh, and if French troops were to fight alongside the Canadians in the south, I suspect Canadian efforts would somehow get more attention in Europe.

Posted by trailing wife ">trailing wife 2008-03-05 06:49|| 2008-03-05 06:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Well said, VanC!

Posted by USN, Ret. 2008-03-05 13:40|| 2008-03-05 13:40|| Front Page Top

#4 If the French are looking for publicity, they won't find it with the Americans unless they bring their own PR team. There are 10 times as many Americans in the east than Canadians in the south and we hear less of the US efforts. Plus, it seems a lot easier to operate with the Canadians due to language alone (Newfies excepted).

BTW, anyone know if the Marines sent to the south are operating with the British or Canadians?

Posted by ed 2008-03-05 14:56|| 2008-03-05 14:56|| Front Page Top

#5 ION EUROPE, PRAVDA > ARMENIA UNDER ASSAULT/
ATTACK BY ORANGE AGENTS [read- US/NATO]. The Florida Orange Revolution???

Also, FREEREPUBLIC > iff one is going to die, don't die in a certain French town/parish lest vous be charged heavily for dying widout local permission + attempting to be buried in the town/parish cemetary where there is no more available space. LOCAL FRENCH CITIZENS MAY NO LONGER DIE IN THEIR HOMETOWNS = BIRTHPLACE WIDOUT PERMISSION???

GERMANY gets a break from bad press.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-03-05 19:36|| 2008-03-05 19:36|| Front Page Top

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