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Karagin
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 Posted: 11-Dec-2002 12:44 Post subject: Marines officer comments to French officer |
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I am posting this because I found it funny, I don't make any claims to it being 100% true.
Allegedly from a Marine in Bosnia. Note the signature, but read it
last.
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A funny thing happened to me yesterday at Camp Bondsteel (Bosnia): A French army officer walked up to me in the PX, and told me he thought we (Americans) were a bunch of cowboys and were going to provoke a war.
He said if such a thing happens, we wouldn't be able to count on the support of France.
I told him that it didn't surprise me. Since we had come to France's rescue in World War I, World War II, Vietnam, and the Cold War, their ingratitude and jealousy was due to surface at some point in the near future anyway. That is why France is a third-rate military power with a socialist economy and a bunch of faires for soldiers.
I additionally told him that America, being a nation of deeds and action, not words, would do whatever it had to do, and France's support was only for show anyway. Just like in ALL NATO exercises, the US would shoulder 85% of the burden, as evidenced by the fact that the French officer was shopping in the American PX, and not the other way around.
He began to get belligerent at that point, and I told him if he would like to, I would meet him outside in front of the Burger King and beat his ass in front of the entire Multi-National Brigade East, thus demonstrating that even the smallest American had more fight in him than the average Frenchman.
He called me a barbarian cowboy and walked away in a huff.
With friends like these, who needs enemies?
(Here's the best part)
Signed,
Mary Beth Johnson LtCol, USMC
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CO_17thRecon
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| Posted: 11-Dec-2002 14:38 Post subject: RE: Marines officer comments to French officer |
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Beautiful! 
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Gangrene
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| Posted: 11-Dec-2002 15:29 Post subject: RE: Marines officer comments to French officer |
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Hahaha. Yup, that pretty much fits my impression of the French.
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[ This Message was edited by: Gangrene on 2002-12-11 15:29 ]
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Kyu Kage
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| Posted: 11-Dec-2002 15:30 Post subject: RE: Marines officer comments to French officer |
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Gotta love the military!
She reminds me very much of my sister.
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Vagabond
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| Posted: 11-Dec-2002 16:38 Post subject: RE: Marines officer comments to French officer |
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first off.... never mess with a marine.
second.... never mess with a female marine.
Cause they maybe female, but they have more balls then any male marine and twice the testostirone.
uya! SEMPER FI!
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Ruger
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| Posted: 11-Dec-2002 18:16 Post subject: RE: Marines officer comments to French officer |
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BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!
Oh, that was just great...
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Kraken
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| Posted: 11-Dec-2002 18:28 Post subject: RE: Marines officer comments to French officer |
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According to snopes, the signature wasn't there on some of the early versions. Other than that, I do admit that if it is true, it's really funny.
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Jade_Dragon
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| Posted: 12-Dec-2002 09:59 Post subject: RE: Marines officer comments to French officer |
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The French bailed us out of the Revolutionary war, how many have we bailed them out of since them. Out debt is paid, over paid and now they owe us.
Let's go girls 
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