Thread: Usa versus France

Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when DeGaulle decided to pull out of NATO. DeGaulle said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible. Rusk responded
"Does that include those who are buried here?"


DeGaulle did not respond.

You could have
heard a pin drop

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There was a conference in France where a number of international engineers were taking part, including French and American. During a break, one of the French engineers came back into the room saying 'Have you heard the latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do, bomb them?'


A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly:


'Our carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply
emergency electrical power to shore facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 people three meals a day,
they can produce several thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from their flight deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?'

You could have
heard a pin drop.

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A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of Officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English. He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?'





Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied,


'Maybe it's because the Brit's, Canadians, Aussie's and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.'

You could have
heard a pin drop.

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AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN
WITH THE ABOVE...


Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on.


"You have been to France before, monsieur?" the customs officer asked sarcastically.


Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.


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


The American said,


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


"Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports on arrival in France !"


The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly explained,


''Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country, I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to show a passport to."

You could have
heard a pin drop.

Green sent...

Nice bit of froggy bashing, I'll green that kind of thread any day of the week

Good reminder of the US at work.

65 years ago ... I guess yanks will keep to remind the world for at least 1500 years more.

Any comment about massacres in Vietnam and the failures in Irak and Afghanistan ?

WANKERS.

^ Steady now, it was only harmless froggy bashing and who doesn't like that. After all wasn't it the French who started the Vietnam war and had their arses pulled out of the 2nd world war
Froggy bastard

^Well bash away.
I know that this is not the place to remind you, but..
Do you think that the US and UK combined could have faced and beaten the Germans in 1940 or 41 or 42 or..
It was probaly a well calculated tactic to let them bleed on the Eastern Front, and only when the Soviets advanced too quickly, they got busy in Normandie. Anyway, you can see it that way.

Yeah I know all of that but this way is more fun

Yes it is

Originally Posted by Shitdigit

^ Steady now, it was only harmless froggy bashing and who doesn't like that. After all wasn't it the French who started the Vietnam war and had their arses pulled out of the 2nd world war

First, I'm not a frog. And now about yanks repeating every day they saved Europe, they are just pedant and boring. How many russian were killed in the WWII fighting the nazis ?

Have a nice day.

Many more Russians died in WWII than Allied troops...

BTW, do you think the Swiss would have been more happy speaking German or Russian had the Allied troops not 'interfered'???

Originally Posted by Wallalai

Originally Posted by Shitdigit

^ Steady now, it was only harmless froggy bashing and who doesn't like that. After all wasn't it the French who started the Vietnam war and had their arses pulled out of the 2nd world war

First, I'm not a frog. And now about yanks repeating every day they saved Europe, they are just pedant and boring. How many russian were killed in the WWII fighting the nazis ?

Approximately 8 million Soviet military and 12 million Soviet civilians. Also approximately 1 million Chinese military and 9 million Chinese civilians.