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2011-09-29 Afghanistan

A French Infantryman's View of American Soldiers

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Posted by Anonymoose 2011-09-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ] Top

#1 I love John Ringo. F-ck the New York Times.

Posted by Secret Master 2011-09-29 00:11|| 2011-09-29 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 A bit dated but still valid. The average French para or ranker, yes, very pro-US. Above the rank of Major, well, not so very much I'm afraid. Like everything else, there are exceptions. If they are from the Alsace or Normandy you're home free.

Posted by Besoeker 2011-09-29 01:02|| 2011-09-29 01:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Link to the original (french) article is broken and until I don't see it I will be careful about the article.

Anyway in the American military graveyard there are still French people (not paid workers) who come for flowering graves.

Posted by JFM 2011-09-29 01:20|| 2011-09-29 01:20|| Front Page Top

#4 JFM, try this, from the Wayback Machine Internet archive.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-09-29 04:07|| 2011-09-29 04:07|| Front Page Top

#5 THanks TW. I can certify that the translation is faithful but be careful because there is a bracketed comment inserted in the translation ansd a long final comment who IMHO is not made clear enough that is is not partn of the French soldier's text. The French text ends with "and to always continue hearing them say that we are all the same band of brothers".

Posted by JFM 2011-09-29 10:17|| 2011-09-29 10:17|| Front Page Top

#6 Both the final quote and the endquote are from John Ringo.

Posted by DanNY 2011-09-29 11:30|| http://nygoe.wordpress.com/ 2011-09-29 11:30|| Front Page Top

#7 I understand that John Ringo moved around a lot growing up, I wouldn't be surprised to find out that French is among the languages he knows in passing.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-09-29 12:14|| 2011-09-29 12:14|| Front Page Top

#8 People this is the guy who wrote The Last Centurion and Troy Rising: Live Free or Die we're talking about. I for one believe him.

Posted by Secret Master 2011-09-29 12:43|| 2011-09-29 12:43|| Front Page Top

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