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2005-01-30 Europe

AP: French Deliver Tsunami Aid With Panache

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Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-01-30 7:34:57 PM|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 AP? More like AFP.

Posted by jackal 2005-01-30 7:48:10 PM|| [http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-01-30 7:48:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Okay, so it took them how long to get there? And with tourist-like clothes, artists (!), and wine, just who's showing off here? And, of course, there's a chance to bash the US. We've just been there helping since the beginning, but we don't expect any thanks, no sir . . .

Posted by The Doctor 2005-01-30 7:49:45 PM|| 2005-01-30 7:49:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 So nice that they finally decided to drop in.

Posted by Desert Blondie 2005-01-30 9:10:39 PM|| [http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com/] 2005-01-30 9:10:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 "Foreign Legionnaires are clearing debris left by the waves"
So typically French -- to have someone else do it.

Posted by Tom 2005-01-30 9:17:02 PM|| 2005-01-30 9:17:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 No brag; just the facts. And just how many more people would have died if all nations providing aid had waited 5 weeks to begin like the French did? Pathetic. Shut up and get to work.

Posted by GK 2005-01-30 9:47:54 PM|| 2005-01-30 9:47:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Please - PLEASE - tell me this is Scrappleface.

Posted by BH 2005-01-30 10:22:35 PM|| 2005-01-30 10:22:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 yeah BH, I thought this was scrappleface as well.

For instance:

"I'm here to show the drama," said Bellion, pulling out a sketch book as he accompanied a team of doctors vaccinating children. "For me, it's hell. That is what I want to show. I'm not looking to make it beautiful. I'm trying to show the emotion."

We've got combat correspondents and they've got an artiste.......bwhahaha.....fags.

Posted by Jarhead 2005-01-30 10:46:07 PM|| 2005-01-30 10:46:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 "The feeling we had in France was that, as usual, the Americans were rushing in force to Indonesia and boasting about it,"

-boasting about it? Maybe, maybe not. Rushing in force to save lives - definitely. You fuckers can sit around w/your thumbs up your ass, don't worry though, the yanks will handle business as usual & in a timely fashion.

"For some people, it seemed outrageous. "How can you really boast of doing something from this tragedy? People were saying, 'They are doing it again. They are showing off.'"

-as usual the french military couldn't pull off one candy-assed meals on wheels op without showing their massive inferiority complex.

Posted by Jarhead 2005-01-30 10:51:55 PM|| 2005-01-30 10:51:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Time for the Abe Lincoln to get in some bombing practice on the derelict Jeanne D'Arc.

Posted by Pepe Lopez 2005-01-30 10:57:37 PM|| 2005-01-30 10:57:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Just read the U.N. Recent press report of all which they have done - singlehandily. The Diplomat (the entry for Thursday Jan 27, 2005) shows that the U.N. is talking credit for just about everything everyone else as done and has ignored all the fine work the Australia and the United States had done soon after the disaster.

From the Diplomad:

So, "20 foreign militaries lent" their assets, eh? Lent? To whom? Not to the UN, that's for sure. For at least three of the past four weeks, the UN had nothing to do with the operations of the "20 foreign militaries." The UN certainly was not directing the Aussies, who were the first ones in; they blazed the path for the rest and thousands of people owe them their lives. They weren't running the assets of the Kiwis or the Singaporeans, either, and they sure weren't running ours. Up until just a few days ago, those "20" foreign militaries were Aussies, Singaporeans, Kiwis (who've gotten little credit for the fine work they've done), and Yanks with a modest but appreciated assist as of about 10-12 days ago of the Spanish and the Pakistani militaries. The coordinating was being done by the Australians, the USA and the Indonesian military. Up until just about four or five days ago, except for the disaster tourists such as Annan and Bellamy, the UN WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN -- except quite overwhelmingly in Jakarta's luxury hotels, a few UNocrats in Medan, and a tiny handful at the airport in Aceh writing up press releases claiming all the credit for the UN and bad-mouthing the hard-working Aussies and Americans.

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-01-30 11:03:20 PM|| 2005-01-30 11:03:20 PM|| Front Page Top

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