Who ? Cornwallis and his British troops ? :D

We shouldn't tease the French. They were the first nation to stand by us and without them we probably wouldn't have won our independence.

I am not surprised France is intervening in Mali. You look at the past 50 years and you see that even though France left its North/West Africa colonies, it still intervenes regularly to kick ass/protect french interests. France considers West/North Africa to be in its sphere of inerest.

http://www.thenewage.co.za/15519-102...y_intervention

A lot of people think France is not aggressive, which is not true. Its just that it does not fight according to US, UN or anyone else's agenda. It fights when it suits their economic/political interest, which is why, they are all over the place in Africa, but total wallflowers in the rest of the world.

Most likely the ground troops are from the French Foreign Legion. Can anyone confirm this?

Wow... :har:

How can you miss all their adventures in other parts of the world?

Yes raising their arms up in other parts of the world :haha:

Considering that Britain surrendered all its territory in mainland France that is quite funny:O:

I read a bit about the background of this.

Northern Mali holds the uranium mines which get exploited by the French to win the uranium they use for their nuclear weapons.

A French community lives in Mali, but a far greater Mal community lives in France. If Northern Mali falls to real Islam, it is to be feared that more troublemakers will move from there to France.

Hollande is under pressure in France and has become unpopular in record time. He needs to distract the attention a bit that so far has been focussed on him exclusively.

The Mali military is extremely weak in fighting power, unorganized, haunted by high levels of deserting and corrupt officers, and generally is in a hopeless and desolate condition, any air-based capacity is practically non-existent.

My conclusion: it is not only a mission of altruism and noblesse, but also a mission of very egoist motives. Therefore: I am against military assistance for the French in Mali, but boosted efforts for intel surveillance and intense cooperation with French intel service to learn early about any trafficking of militants and hate preachers from Mali to France and Europe, so that the French can take them out.

I'm glad your smiling because I love a bit banter so I'll raise you with this oldie :03:

An elderly British gentleman of 83 arrived in Paris by plane.

At the French immigration desk, the man took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry-on bag.

"You have been to France before, Monsieur?" the Immigration officer asked, sarcastically.

The elderly gentleman admitted he had been to France previously.

"Then you should know well enough to have your passport ready."

The British gentleman says, "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."

"Impossible. The British always have to show their passports on arrival in France!"

The elderly gentleman gave the French Immigration Officer a long hard look.

Then he quietly explained;

"Well, the last time I was here, I came ashore on Juno Beach on D-Day in June 1944, and I couldn't find any flippin Frenchmen to show it to."

:O:

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:
An absolute classic

Singapore 1942: 80,000 British troops surrender to 35,000 japanese

Tobruk 1942: 35,000 British troops surrender to 30,000 italian-german troops.

seems to me the British could give seminars on how to surrender.... especially to smaller armies. :O:

No doubt.

Why not enlighten us on your country of origin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Compass


UK/Australia/Free French Forces

Strength of 36,000 - 500 killed and 55 missing

Italian Forces

Strength of 150,000 - 3,000 killed, 115,000 captured

Am I the only one here who thinks that comparing those numbers is just stupid?

Jesus Christ guys, knock it off already! :nope:

Yep. :yep:

Just kiddding. I think these guys are just having fun tweaking each other. Every country has at least one case of a garrison surrendering to a smaller force. It happened in the southwest US during the American Civil War. On July 27, 1861, at St. Augustine Springs, New Mexico, Union Major Isaac Lynde surrendered his 500 men to Confederate Captain John R. Baylor, who was attacking Lynde's Fort Fillmore with a force of 250. After a small skirmish the previous day, Lynde decided to surrender to Baylor without firing a shot.

Ah, I sense I hit a nerve...:D


my job here is done..
exit stage left...:gulp:

That's a pretty cowardly way to argue. Just sayin'.

Same thought here... pretty low...

You could say that, especially when the context has already been explained as one of humour and banter.



*puts chainsaw back in the cupboard*

argue what exactly, whenever France is discussed, some peep will always make the same lame surrender joke which ceased to be funny a long time ago.