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2003-02-09 International

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Posted by Poitiers 2003-02-09 11:35 am|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 At what cost? The French economy is in the toilet. The oil shock from this war will push them over. Then you'll have angry, anti-American Frenchies changing their worthless Euros for bread in lengthy lines...Just remember that imperialism=>statism=>fascism and somewhere in that mix will be a Franco-American conflict a little more serious then screwing us over at the UN...

Posted by Brian 2003-02-09 12:02:38|| 2003-02-09 12:02:38|| Front Page Top

#2 A FRANCO-American conflict? A Franco-AMERICAN conflict? As in shooting? With guns? That's a pretty funny idea. How about the first Americans to land on the French coast give the French army a .38 caliber stern look?

Bring a big table and chairs with you so you're comfortable when you sit down to dictate terms of surrender, on the beach. A nice umbrella table, if this happens in the summer.

Posted by Patrick 2003-02-09 17:59:21|| 2003-02-09 17:59:21|| Front Page Top

#3 Don't shoot me! I just took a more liberal (and unrealistic) interpretation of a Den Beste post from recently where he describes all the ways that France, if their back was to the wall, would intervene against us. I also made no claims about the efficacy of the French military...without laughing uncontrollably.

Posted by Brian 2003-02-09 22:57:03|| 2003-02-09 22:57:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Not to be critical, but the French are a nuclear-armed country...

Posted by Gary Williams 2003-02-10 00:49:11|| [tfs_reluctant.blogspot.com] 2003-02-10 00:49:11|| Front Page Top

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