Posted on 09/15/2003 11:30:42 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:08:10 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
As Washington gets ready to approach the United Nations forinternational support in Iraq, France is poised to ask for a significant role in running the country, including the stationing of peacekeepers there. Although U.N. assistance would be a valuable contribution to U.S. efforts to create a new Iraq, it remains to be seen whether French peacekeepers would actually be beneficial.
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Now there's an oxymoron!!
The French need to win a war before they can be called peacekeepers. So far, their peace keeping abilities have been limited to swift surrenders and behaving well while being occupied :-)
This reminds me of that famous add in Shotgun News.....
"Vintage WWII French Military Rifles for sale, Excellent Condition, Only Laid Down Once"
:-)
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