Author Topic: French Surplus Rifles for sale (Read 383 times)

Yeager · « **on:** February 14, 2003, 02:32:15 PM »

Never been fired. Dropped only once.

Airscrew · « **Reply #1 on:** February 14, 2003, 03:53:13 PM »

Funny Yeager,...Not. Its an old joke and not as funny as it used to be.
I used to think it was funny until I spent 4 years in Germany and got to visit France. Visited a Fort near Metz or near Fort Simseroff (sp?) (forgot the name already, its been awhile) where the French soliders where besieged for about a year during the Franco-Prussian War. They outlasted the enemy but when they sent a courier to Paris they found out their Leaders had surrendered.

So the average French solider I figure is alright by me and dont deserve the jokes, However their Leaders on the other hand.......

Eagler · « **Reply #2 on:** February 14, 2003, 03:58:01 PM »

why are they sending french troops to iraq?

to teach the iraq soldiers how to surrender

28sweep · « **Reply #3 on:** February 14, 2003, 04:02:06 PM »

Do you remember the commando raid on the Air France flight w/ the Algerian Terrorist in the mid 90's? Well they pulled off a master piece. No hostages dead and all terrorists dead. I hope our Delta Force Could do that……..

Animal · « **Reply #4 on:** February 14, 2003, 04:03:26 PM »

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Originally posted by 28sweep
Do you remember the commando raid on the Air France flight w/ the Algerian Terrorist in the mid 90's? Well they pulled off a master piece. No hostages dead and all terrorists dead. I hope our Delta Force Could do that……..

Its peer pressure on a national level.
A nation does not agree on doing something? the others start making jokes and harrassing until the ones who think different get in line.

Hortlund · « **Reply #5 on:** February 14, 2003, 04:15:37 PM »

Animal, you were just as full of toejam the first time you wrote that reply you know...

X2Lee · « **Reply #6 on:** February 14, 2003, 04:33:40 PM »

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Originally posted by Eagler
why are they sending french troops to iraq?

to teach the iraq soldiers how to surrender

Irakys have that move down pat.

lord dolf vader · « **Reply #7 on:** February 14, 2003, 05:45:48 PM »

animal you nailed it.

davidpt40 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 14, 2003, 06:01:48 PM »

The "Never fired, only dropped once" joke started with the South Vietnamese. U.S. soldiers in Vietnam made the joke up about the ARVNs. Just from what I have read in books, ARVN soldiers were very poorly trained, full of VC and NVA spies, unmotivated, forced into service, and very very scared. So its kind of a grim joke. Yank some kid off the street, hand him a rifle, throw him into the meat grinder. As far as I know, there was no 'tour of duty' for ARVN soldiers. I believe it was 'fight till ya die'.