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Re: level of debate
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Thu, 13 Mar 2003 05:48:55 GMT
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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 because the French generals could not cope with the new
tactics of the German army quickly enough, not because their troops were weak or
their weaponry in any way deficient. And don't get me started on the resistance.

And finally, didn't the French aid the fledgling USA during the American
Revolution?

I'm going to stop now. The whole argument is absurd. If this is what our
"freedom" looks like, then God Save The King.

Take care,

Soren



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  Re: level of debate
 
(...) 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)
  Re: level of debate
 
(...) 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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  level of debate
 
(...) The text below was via an e-mail from a friend, it made me wonder just what the level of debate in the USA is. I ckecked out a couple and they appeared valid. Scott A ==+== "Going to war without France is like going duck hunting without your (...) (22 years ago, 12-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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