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French Have Much to be Humble About
The Sydney Morning Herald ^ | June 1, 2004 | Gerard Henderson

Posted on 05/31/2004 9:36:11 AM PDT by quidnunc

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To: quidnunc
Why on earth were we even fighting the Germans? We should have just dealt with the Japanese because they attacked us first. By fighting the Germans in Europe with a small coalition,(Germans, Italians and French didn't care to help much), mainly the British, Americans, Australians, Canadians were the only ones fighting.

We stretched ouselves too thin. We had so many set backs and foul ups in that war. We lost all those lives when we could have saved hundreds of thousands by only taking on the Japanese.

I think FDR had some kind of personal vendeta against Hitler or Britain just used its American protector to do its bidding in Europe because it couldn't do it on its own.

21 posted on 05/31/2004 2:59:48 PM PDT by normy (Just cause you think you can box, doesn't mean you're ready to climb in the ring with Ali.)
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To: Leisler
Bratwurst, knockwurst, leberwurst?

Not sure. Probably the same given to the French in WWII.

22 posted on 05/31/2004 3:05:36 PM PDT by Thumper1960 ("Islam" is a cult, led by psychopaths and dedicated to destruction as a way of life.)
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To: normy

"Why on earth were we even fighting the Germans?"

It could have something to do with the fact that they declared war on us. Seriously though, the concentration camps were O.K. with you?


23 posted on 05/31/2004 3:19:45 PM PDT by zygoat
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normy wrote: Why on earth were we even fighting the Germans?

Because Hitler declared war on us four days after Pearl Harbor.

24 posted on 05/31/2004 3:20:23 PM PDT by quidnunc (Omnis Gaul delenda est)
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To: quidnunc; zygoat

Sorry boys I coulda sworn I put a < /sarcasm> after that. Just trying to make a point of how people speak of our involvement in Iraq.


25 posted on 05/31/2004 7:25:37 PM PDT by normy (Just cause you think you can box, doesn't mean you're ready to climb in the ring with Ali.)
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To: Leisler
The French are the classical definition of Liberals--

They bite the hand which feeds it,
And lick the boot which kicks it.


26 posted on 05/31/2004 7:46:09 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (crime would drop like a sprung trapdoor if we brought back good old-fashioned hangings)
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To: quidnunc

BUMP


27 posted on 06/01/2004 5:18:57 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: normy
Why on earth were we even fighting the Germans?

Because Germany declared war on us.

28 posted on 06/01/2004 1:55:05 PM PDT by jalisco555 ("The right to bear weapons is the right to be free" - A. E. Van Vogt)
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To: jalisco555

Check post #25.


29 posted on 06/01/2004 2:31:38 PM PDT by normy (Just cause you think you can box, doesn't mean you're ready to climb in the ring with Ali.)
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Thanks. I probably should have realized it was sarcasm anyway.


30 posted on 06/02/2004 3:30:59 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity." W. B. Yeats)
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No problem bro.


31 posted on 06/02/2004 4:46:15 AM PDT by normy (Just cause you think you can box, doesn't mean you're ready to climb in the ring with Ali.)
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