not to create an international RM incident, but I got this in an email today and thought it was funny.
> From a Marine in Bosnia
>
> In light of the French stating that they would Veto any action against
> Iraq that we may propose before the Security Council of the UN, I thought
> this
> email from a US Marine serving in Bosnia would put things in perspective.
>
> From a Marine in Bosnia. Note the signature, but read it last.
>
> 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 faggots 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 Multinational 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?
>
> Mary Beth Johnson Lt.Col, USMC
>
>
> DON'T YOU JUST LOVE A REAL AMERICAN WOMAN!!!!
> From a Marine in Bosnia
>
> In light of the French stating that they would Veto any action against
> Iraq that we may propose before the Security Council of the UN, I thought
> this
> email from a US Marine serving in Bosnia would put things in perspective.
>
> From a Marine in Bosnia. Note the signature, but read it last.
>
> 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 faggots 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 Multinational 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?
>
> Mary Beth Johnson Lt.Col, USMC
>
>
> DON'T YOU JUST LOVE A REAL AMERICAN WOMAN!!!!
. 
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