USA vs UK (secret invasion plans)

[Furball]

The French were surprisingly powerful back in the day.  And by "back in the day", I mean the turn of the twentieth century and before.  Those guys put up a huge fight in World War I, it's just that they didn't update their tactics and Germany won via blitzkrieg.

-Penguin

They still are powerful - Are they the only other nation that the US to run a nuclear powered aircraft carrier?  They have modern aircraft, nuclear submarines and nuclear weapons.  The French have been a powerful nation going back over 1,000 years.

[JimmyC]

At the end of the doco, it was on last night, they basically said that in history when one empire was in decline and one in accent wars occurred. The hand over between these empires passed well.
Let's hope it's as good next time. Then, in the doco, the camera pans to some Chinese and a Chinese city.
Let's hope so.

[dedalos]

Umm.. Ded.. That plan starts with a UK terrorist bombing your house and killing you thus firing up the US population.  Problem is nobody would care enough to get up in arms about it.  So they scrapped it. 

Hmmmm, can't we just claim that Gaddafi is hiding at the palace?

[SmokinLoon]

I get a kick out of the France jokes.  Obviously, they have no idea.  I bet Canada has plans on how to invade Alaska in case of Soviet/Russian trespass.  I bet Australia has plans on what they will do if Malaysia ever gets out of control.  I bet India has plans to combat China and Pakistan.  I know the Russians and Chinese have plans on invading each other.  I bet Germans have plans on invading Russia... oh wait...

There are all kind of contingent plans that have been written.  It would be kind of neat to see them all. 

[RTHolmes]

I'd be rather insulted if there were no plans for invading the UK squirrelled away somewhere in the pentagon

[Penguin]

They still are powerful - Are they the only other nation that the US to run a nuclear powered aircraft carrier?  They have modern aircraft, nuclear submarines and nuclear weapons.  The French have been a powerful nation going back over 1,000 years.

I never said they weren't, but that is quite interesting to know!

-Penguin

[titanic3]

The French were surprisingly powerful back in the day.  And by "back in the day", I mean the turn of the twentieth century and before.  Those guys put up a huge fight in World War I, it's just that they didn't update their tactics and Germany won via blitzkrieg.

-Penguin

Joke just went Fooooooossshhhhh over your head.

[BaDkaRmA158Th]

Please understand during the 1930's it was anyone best guess who america would side with. In those days we had open nazis campeigning in Ny and other states using our same banner of freedom of speech to push the nazi agenda.

They failed.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt5ADdybTug

[Dichotomy]

I learn something new every day.  Today it was something disturbing.

[smoe]

My guess would be that the plans left out the real target. The bombs were most likely intended for German, Japanese, and Russian militaries in UK territories. Most government excuses don't include the real reason for future plans. Remember the so called sea mining contract requests about 20 years.

[B4Buster]

I'd be rather insulted if there were no plans for invading the UK squirrelled away somewhere in the pentagon

 

[wil3ur]

As I recall the only French general to ever win a war was Joan de Arc, and she was then burned at the stake by her own people.  Napoleon was a losing general with a bravado for damage control in the media, and a Corsican (not French) to boot...  De Gaul is a pansy  [EDIT:  and a joke of an aircraft carier]... and I believe Charlemagne was a Norman.

[RTHolmes]

a history lesson from someone who doesnt know normandy is in france. brilliant

[JimmyC]

[cpxxx]

wil3ur, Joan of Arc was not the last French person to win a war, plus she was burned by the English, not her own people. As for the rest, whatever.

Statistically the French won more battles than they lost. So did Napoleon.