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2008-02-07 Afghanistan

France may come to Canada's aid in Kandahar

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Posted by ryuge 2008-02-07 07:16|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ] Top
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#1 Bi-lingually, no doubt.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-02-07 07:49|| 2008-02-07 07:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Well what do you know, pigs do fly.

Posted by Icerigger">Icerigger 2008-02-07 08:24|| 2008-02-07 08:24|| Front Page Top

#3 time for the jaw dropping graphic, I think

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-02-07 09:28|| 2008-02-07 09:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Canada sacrificed about 100,000 men in two world wars for France. It took Canada's parliament about 30 seconds to decide to enter those two wars. How many years did it take France to decide to send a few scraggly troops to help Canada in Afghanistan?

Posted by Snealet Bonaparte6725 2008-02-07 10:35|| 2008-02-07 10:35|| Front Page Top

#5 A sign of the End Times, methinks.

Posted by SteveS 2008-02-07 10:53|| 2008-02-07 10:53|| Front Page Top

#6 Any move to assist the GWOT by France should be applauded, even if only politely.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-02-07 10:54|| 2008-02-07 10:54|| Front Page Top

#7 A big move if Sarko sends troops.

Posted by danking70 2008-02-07 11:02|| 2008-02-07 11:02|| Front Page Top

#8 note well - if France does this, satisfyting the Canadians and healing the rift in the alliance, the Germans will owe the French massively

Posted by liberalhawk 2008-02-07 11:06|| 2008-02-07 11:06|| Front Page Top

#9 True, liberalhawk, but given that the German's chose to stake all on the wrong principle, they deserve it. Let them try to find a different principle to hide behind in the next crisis.*

*Unfair and unwise, I realize, but I'm in a mood today, and the Germans worked long and hard to box themselves into this corner. When they fuss that their taxes are going to support unemployed Frenchmen on the dole, or perhaps job losses from a strengthened Euro, well that's the price subject peoples pay in an empire.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-02-07 12:07|| 2008-02-07 12:07|| Front Page Top

#10 hopefully this comes to fruition

Posted by Broadhead6 2008-02-07 12:35|| 2008-02-07 12:35|| Front Page Top

#11 Thinking, Might, and Will send troops are three entirely different things.
Wake me up when any French actually show up on the battlefield.
This is just talk for the news reporters to OOOH and AAAH, over.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2008-02-07 12:57|| 2008-02-07 12:57|| Front Page Top

#12 Will they send in the Foreign Legion?

Then will they actually be "French" troops?

Posted by no mo uro 2008-02-07 13:14|| 2008-02-07 13:14|| Front Page Top

#13 So far :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan_War_order_of_battle#France

Posted by anonymous5089 2008-02-07 14:01|| 2008-02-07 14:01|| Front Page Top

#14 I just don't understand why the US and NATO (yes 2/3 are there to drink beer and work on their tans) are putting so many resources into Afghanistan. It's the least important battlefield in the WOT. Equip and pay the Tadjiks, Uzbeks and Hazaras a few hundred million dollars per year to thump the Pashtoons, Arabs and Pakis and steal their women. Hell, they'd do it ammo and beer money.

Posted by ed 2008-02-07 17:36|| 2008-02-07 17:36|| Front Page Top

#15 Will they send in the Foreign Legion?

Then will they actually be "French" troops?

A number of soldiers and NCOs plus all the officers in the Forteign Legion are actually French. Also non Foreign Legion French ground troops have been operating against the Taliban for years. Some of them even died in action. Nice to see you spitting on their graces.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-02-07 18:08|| 2008-02-07 18:08|| Front Page Top

#16 JFM is right. We've seen the very occasional mention here. It will be good when France is openly proud of what her men are doing over there.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2008-02-07 18:14|| 2008-02-07 18:14|| Front Page Top

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