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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes: One other thing... (...) This has also been credited to Schwarzkopf, but according to www.snopes.com the correct attribution is Jed Babbin (URL) Dave! (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) And that in 1940 the xenophobic US weren't in the war at all whilst the Allies were fighting and dieing for freedom against tyranny, the US didn't get into it until the end of '41, but they'll take all the credit for winning the war... History (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Yep the 1930's equivalent of "star wars" was an expensive dud... [parts of it were moved to the "Atlantic Wall" IRC]. (...) French resistance: The fig leaf that covers the truth. (...) Is it not the other way around: "didn't the fledgling USA (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Oh, yes, there is a large variety of beers produced in France. I suppose that Belgian beer is generally more famous, especially the Trappist Beer, brewed in monasteries (Orval, Leffe, Chimay, ...), but you also find similar beer tradition in (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Sounds like they need to learn their history. IIRC, the French Army won the Battle of Verdun, under the heaviest shelling and most hideous battlefield conditions in history. Call that what you will, but cowardly it is not. The Germans won in 1940 (...) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) ...and french kisses! ;-) Fredrik (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Ahhh, the good ol' www...;-) (URL) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I'm a Pepsi person myself:-) Although when I was in the Middle East, I was fascinated with the Coca-Cola logo as it was redesigned in Arabic and in Hebrew. It is "reproduced" in a lot of languages; I should go find a link... JOHN (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) If it makes you feel better, I thought "Mecca Cola" was reactionary twaddle, too. :-) -->Bruce<-- (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes: <snip> (...) I could give you 10,913 reasons to feel particularily *UN*sympathetic to the ingrates of France: (URL) (22 years ago, 13-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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