French Military Deserves To Be Honored

2006-12-10 19:33:48

#1

ATG: Banned; +5,233|6802|Global Command

The long and illustrious history of the French military has been much maligned and forgotten over the years. One must remember that at various points in time, they have reigned as the superpower of all of Europe with names such as Joan d'Arc and Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.
A tally of Frances military defeats and wins. I count 27 defeats, 33 victories and 9 draws.
The Battle of Cameron is still honored every year with with a parade and celebration, honoring the Elan of the French military forces. This parade his held in Mexico by mexicans.
The History of the French Empire.

Just want to point out to the pilers on who love to bash France, ( and who isn't guilty of that? ) that the French have some bad assed troopers.
Perhaps they have just learned a better lesson of when to fight than we have.

2006-12-10 19:35:25

#2

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6874|132 and Bush

It's mostly just jokes.. KMarion is French.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2006-12-10 19:36:21

#3

D6717C: Anger is a gift; +174|6906|Sin City

Try typing "french military victories " in google, then hit "i'm feeling lucky"

2006-12-10 19:38:48

#4

ATG: Banned; +5,233|6802|Global Command

Ya, but that's bullshit spoof nonsense from albinoblacksheep.
Try clicking the History of the French Empire link I provided above.

This thread is meant to be taken seriously.

Kmarion wrote:
It's mostly just jokes.. KMarion is French.

Marion is a good name, my favorite uncle has that name.

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2006-12-10 19:40:01

#5

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6874|132 and Bush

D6717C wrote:
Try typing "french military victories " in google, then hit "i'm feeling lucky"

french military defeats ..
lol, google bombs

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2006-12-10 19:40:22

#6

Ty: Mass Media Casualty; +2,398|7048|Noizyland

Napoleon was Corsican.
Just thought I'd.. y'know... throw that out there.

I don't think your tally counts 'surrenders' ATG.

Sorry dude, the French are just too fun to make fun of.

[Blinking eyes thing]
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2006-12-10 19:41:59

#7

ATG: Banned; +5,233|6802|Global Command

Kmarion wrote:
D6717C wrote:
Try typing "french military victories " in google, then hit "i'm feeling lucky"
french military defeats ..
lol, google bombs

Ya, but that's bullshit spoof nonsense from albinoblacksheep.

Ty wrote:
Napoleon was Corsican.
Just thought I'd.. y'know... throw that out there.

But it was French blood that got spilled doing his will.
Elan.
Thats all I'm saying.

2006-12-10 19:44:01

#8

D6717C: Anger is a gift; +174|6906|Sin City

ATG wrote:
Ya, but that's bullshit spoof nonsense from albinoblacksheep.
Try clicking the History of the French Empire link I provided above.

This thread is meant to be taken seriously.
Kmarion wrote:
It's mostly just jokes.. KMarion is French.
Marion is a good name, my favorite uncle has that name.

Well, whatever. It just seems like they have been kicked in the nutz in every major conflict, but maybe I just watch too much TV. They aren't very popular here in the states, which is probably where a lot of that comes from.

2006-12-10 19:46:43

#9

ATG: Banned; +5,233|6802|Global Command

Exactly why I provided links to back up my rather unpopular assertion.

2006-12-10 19:47:16

#10

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6874|132 and Bush

ATG wrote:
Marion is a good name, my favorite uncle has that name.

Merci..

The French had a hand in Liberating American Colonist. That should never be forgotten.

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2006-12-10 20:03:32

#11

Elamdri: The New Johnnie Cochran; +134|6920|Peoria

All I have to say is this:

Dien Bien Phu.

I wanna meet the genius who decided that the best place to stick a fort was in a valley.

2006-12-10 20:13:31

#12

Fear_ofthe_Dark: Member; +2|6662

The only reason the French are made fun of is because they were overrun many times in the last century.
And that America had to save them numerous times and that Germany overthrew them with little effort during WWII.

I having nothing against the French, but think their effort sometimes is underwhelming in fights.

I also love the FAMAS

2006-12-10 22:46:30

#13

Drakef: Cheeseburger Logicist; +117|6635|Vancouver

Fear_ofthe_Dark wrote:
The only reason the French are made fun of is because they were overrun many times in the last century.
And that America had to save them numerous times and that Germany overthrew them with little effort during WWII.

I having nothing against the French, but think their effort sometimes is underwhelming in fights.

I also love the FAMAS

One can hardly point to the Battle of France as the only occurance of German might defeating their enemy swiftly. "Many times" is hardly a correct statement, if you are referring to both World Wars, which would mean twice. However, other foreign forces were present at those losses, and other countries suffered similar defeats. It's not exactly unique to lose to Nazi Germany so quickly, as many found out. Neither did America have to save them "numerous times"- Once, do you mean? Indeed, the liberation of France in the Second World War was due to the effort of Americans, but also Canadians, British, and even French who distinguished themselves fought in that campaign. But you cannot hang onto that one instance as an eternal debt to the United States.

I could do similar things, and point out military failures of any nation, but that would be ignoring the many military victories of each nation. Besides, the French did indeed fight with full effort against the enemy. Simply because they lost, as most nations did against Nazi Germany, is no reason to dismiss them as militarily weak.

2006-12-10 23:10:10

#14

ATG: Banned; +5,233|6802|Global Command

Where are you from Drakef?

2006-12-10 23:47:27

#15

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6874|132 and Bush

In terms of present day size I believe France ranks 20th.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_co … med_forces (troop level high to low)

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2006-12-10 23:52:24

#16

ATG: Banned; +5,233|6802|Global Command

Its not about troops level, it's about Elan .

2006-12-11 00:02:29

#17

Not: Great success!; +216|6850|Chandler, AZ

On another note, to all the France hating SuperAmericans...Where do you think the Statue of Liberty came from?

2006-12-11 00:06:48

#18

Executiator: Member; +69|6694

D6717C wrote:
Try typing "french military victories " in google, then hit "i'm feeling lucky"

Google is overly biased to who has the most hits and who gives them the most money.

The best sites for any information will not be found by googling...

2006-12-11 00:21:02

#19

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6874|132 and Bush

Executiator wrote:
D6717C wrote:
Try typing "french military victories " in google, then hit "i'm feeling lucky"
Google is overly biased to who has the most hits and who gives them the most money.

The best sites for any information will not be found by googling...

Google is not biased..lol.. it goes by the amount of hits people generate and the amount of sites linking to it using the text you searched for. It's the users that do this not google.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_bomb
A Google bomb or Googlewash is Internet slang for a certain kind of attempt to influence the ranking of a given page in results returned by the Google search engine, often with humorous or political intentions Because of the way that Google's algorithm works, a page will be ranked higher if the sites that link to that page use consistent anchor text.

Sorry for the slight Hijack ATG but it needed to be straight.

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2006-12-11 00:29:42

#20

ATG: Banned; +5,233|6802|Global Command

Ssalright. ( _Hic)

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2006-12-11 00:32:55

#21

=*RSA*=SiKFuK_187: Member; +14|6623

Cool Vid. I wanted to join the French Legion But got scared.........!

2006-12-11 00:38:28

#22

Magpie: international welder....Douchebag Dude, <3 ur mom; +257|6799|Milkystania, yurop

Honour the french? Im just saying think about Rwanda.....But i guess as a fellow european that I like the frogs more than other countries

2006-12-11 00:45:25

#23

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,054|7045|PNW

Fear_ofthe_Dark wrote:
I also love the FAMAS

Bigger handle. Easier to drop.

2006-12-11 00:50:42

#24

dead_rac00n: Member; +12|6755|DTC

Ty wrote:
Napoleon was Corsican.
Just thought I'd.. y'know... throw that out there.

Napoléon was born in Corse, which had just been linked to France. Corse island belongs to the french territory (2 départements français). So Napoléon was born french.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon

2006-12-11 00:53:55

#25

nlsme: Member; +48|6688|new york

google failure lol, I wil always love google for that one.

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