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BlackRain
06-06-2004, 08:42 AM
Paris, France, Jun. 5 (UPI) -- Thousands of French -- and some Americans -- demonstrated against U.S. President George W. Bush in France, Saturday.

Organizers of the protest placed the numbers of demonstrators at 25,000, however, police estimated the crowd at about half that amount.

Many carried signs calling Bush a terrorist; other brandished Palestinian flags to protest what is seen as Washington's pro-Israeli stance in the Middle East.

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PARIS, FRANCE: A man on a bicycle protests with a poster showing US President George W.Bush with the words "Act against the war, Bush Terrorist number 1, Baghad, Paris, Gaza...Resist!" 05 June 2004 in Paris as thousands took to the streets protesting Bush's visit to France and the invasion by the US of Iraq.

The U.S. President arrived Saturday in Paris for talks with French President Jacques Chirac, before participating in 60th anniversary D-Day celebrations in Normandy, Sunday.

Although Bush and Chirac disagreed with the war in Iraq, both strove at the Saturday news conference to suggest past differences were over.

About 40 organisations, among them human rights and peace groups, the communist and Greens parties and the American expatriate group Americans Against the War, called for the protest under the motto "solidarity with people, against war and occupation".


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Classy move during the rememberances of American and allied lives lost during the landings at Normandy during D-Day.

Jehuty
06-06-2004, 09:00 AM
They protested against Bush, not the americans veterans who received full honors for their visit.

fdt
06-06-2004, 09:04 AM
I think that nobody expected flowers and love adresses to GWB...

BlackRain
06-06-2004, 09:29 AM
They protested against Bush, not the americans veterans who received full honors for their visit.

That's funny. I did not see one American Flag or sign supporting the troops who liberated France.

You think on this one day, the protestors could do without the hatred and rhetoric and honor the war dead.

fdt
06-06-2004, 09:34 AM
Some always know better... Such a "insignificant" opportunities as D-Day anniversary don't seem to be a "problem" for them...

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16520

Jehuty
06-06-2004, 09:39 AM
They protested against Bush, not the americans veterans who received full honors for their visit.

That's funny. I did not see one American Flag or sign supporting the troops who liberated France.

Excuse me?The streets are full of them, the celebrations which honor the veterans are full of them.Why not making a thread about that?
Nevermind i will post for you:

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/Gragt/SaintLo/IM000532.jpg

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/Gragt/SaintLo/IM000533.jpg

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/Gragt/SaintLo/IM000534.jpg

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/Gragt/SaintLo/IM000535.jpg
http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/Gragt/SaintLo/IM000538.jpg

http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/Gragt/SaintLo/IM000539.jpg

(courtesy of someone on another forum)

These protestors are indeed protestors, they are here to protest Bush.It's not that i think it's appropriate, but they have every rights to do so.You should stop foccusing on only on side of the story.
The veterans and the war deads are currently honored in France, and these protests were expected.

BlackRain
06-06-2004, 09:46 AM
Excuse me?The streets are full of them, the celebrations which honor the veterans are full of them.Why not making a thread about that?
Nevermind i will post for you:


I was referring to the protestors not caring about the insulting displays of hatred on this solem occassion. The protestors have every right to voice their displeasure. However, the President of the USA represents the average US citizen and these displays are seen as attacks on joe-six-pack.

Calling the President "Terrorist No. 1" is just over the top and makes these people look silly.

Jehuty
06-06-2004, 09:50 AM
The protestors have every right to voice their displeasure. However, the President of the USA represents the average US citizen and these displays are seen as attacks on joe-six-pack.

Well sure there must be anti-americans in this protest.


Calling the President "Terrorist No. 1" is just over the top and makes these people look silly.

Of course, just don't look at one side of the story.
D-Day or not, these protesters would have been here for Bush, now i think there are more important things to discuss about on a 6 june.

Zarathustra
06-06-2004, 09:55 AM
Calling the President "Terrorist No. 1" is just over the top and makes these people look silly.

It's not ALL THE FRENCH PEOPLE how protested against bush! thousands people protest... so what? we are 60 millions in France :cantbeli:
Why are you not talking about the Italians how protested against Bush this week? :roll:

@jehuty: Je crois qu'on perd notre temps avec ce genre de mec borné, je vois que la propagande anti-française est toujours éfficace là-bas...

BlackRain
06-06-2004, 10:01 AM
Why are you not talking about the Italians how protested against Bush this week? :roll:

You should really check your facts before you open your mouth: http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16577&highlight=

http://eur.news1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/xp/afp_photo/20040605/sge.bow63.050604131241.photo00.default-384x265.jpg
Photo from another protest in Toulouse, France.
Poll: Half of French feel no moral debt
60 years after D-Day, criticism of U.S. grows

PARIS - Fewer than 50 percent of French people think France has a moral debt to the United States 60 years after the Allied D-Day landings, according to an opinion poll published on Saturday.

The poll of 1,000 people on May 25 and 26 showed 48 percent of respondents thought France, which was liberated by U.S. and other Allied forces during World War Two, had a moral debt to the United States. Fifty percent thought it did not.

The poll was published by Le Parisien newspaper hours before U.S. President George W. Bush was due to arrive in France for the anniversary of the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944. It also showed growing French criticism of the United States.

Forty-four percent of people polled were critical of the United States, up from 36 percent in a similar poll in March 2003 and compared to 34 percent in October 2000. <-- Note: Critical of USA not George Bush!

A further 29 percent of respondents said they were worried by the United States in the poll published on Saturday.

U.S.-French relations have soured since France bitterly opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq and because of differences over a draft United Nations resolution on the future of Iraq for which Bush is seeking French backing.

Bush was due to hold talks with French President Jacques Chirac later on Saturday. Both leaders want the talks to help improve relations between their countries.

Mr Gently Benevolent
06-06-2004, 10:06 AM
Why are you not talking about the Italians how protested against Bush this week? :roll:
Probably because it does not suit BlackRain's purpose which is usually to degrade the French in any way possible. You know something BlackRain you have picked up the mantle of HELEX in recent times.

Moledet
06-06-2004, 10:07 AM
The bus company have put special red and white sit covers just for D-day?
http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/Gragt/SaintLo/IM000535.jpg

BlackRain
06-06-2004, 10:10 AM
Why are you not talking about the Italians how protested against Bush this week? :roll:
Probably because it does not suit BlackRain's purpose which is usually to degrade the French in any way possible. You know something BlackRain you have picked up the mantle of HELEX in recent times.

You really need to do some research and get off the conspiracy theories.

See: http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16577&highlight=

Jehuty
06-06-2004, 10:15 AM
Blackrain be serious please, this kind of polls are influenced by international situations, if you would have ask this before all the Iraqui war crisis, the results would have ben different.
And maybe you will understand one day that you are the same kind of people who said "No", just from the other side of the atlantic. :|


The bus company have put special red and white sit covers just for D-day?
http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/Gragt/SaintLo/IM000535.jpg

What?

fdt
06-06-2004, 10:20 AM
Red and white seat covers...!!!??? It's a shame!!! Again they wanted to humiliate Poland!!! Bloody frogs, damn You for ever...!!!


Gotcha!

rofl rofl rofl rofl rofl

Galileo
06-06-2004, 11:20 AM
I saw on French TV that they were a lot of Americans who are living in Paris in this protest.

Mr Gently Benevolent
06-06-2004, 12:13 PM
You really need to do some research and get off the conspiracy theories.
So I am wrong. You really have a deep affinity for the French people and their government if so I take it all back.

morlick
06-06-2004, 12:46 PM
BlackRain stop to cry, there are the same kind of protests in U.S.A, England, Espagne, Italy, and France....

Moledet
06-06-2004, 12:53 PM
Blackrain be serious please, this kind of polls are influenced by international situations, if you would have ask this before all the Iraqui war crisis, the results would have ben different.
And maybe you will understand one day that you are the same kind of people who said "No", just from the other side of the atlantic. :|


The bus company have put special red and white sit covers just for D-day?
http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/Gragt/SaintLo/IM000535.jpg

What?
The point in that picture are the special D-day red and white sit covers, no?

Zarathustra
06-06-2004, 12:59 PM
BlackRain stop to cry, there are the same kind of protests in U.S.A, England, Espagne, Italy, and France....

Let him, he is just a little boy, poor BlackRain :lol: :lol: :lol:
morlick, jehuty, bacilluspolymyxa and the others, you are right about him and his stupid anti-french propaganda;) :hug:

MEGR
06-06-2004, 01:06 PM
It was so obvious that there were going to be protests. Any place that Bush visits will always get protest... It's just so predictable.

Jehuty
06-06-2004, 01:10 PM
Blackrain be serious please, this kind of polls are influenced by international situations, if you would have ask this before all the Iraqui war crisis, the results would have ben different.
And maybe you will understand one day that you are the same kind of people who said "No", just from the other side of the atlantic. :|


The bus company have put special red and white sit covers just for D-day?
http://img38.photobucket.com/albums/v116/Gragt/SaintLo/IM000535.jpg

What?
The point in that picture are the special D-day red and white sit covers, no?

Errr this picture has the same point as all others ones, the Allied flags on the houses.
A lot has been done for D-Day ceremonies, but no special sit covers :|

cqbrdy
06-06-2004, 01:14 PM
why do the french have trees on all their roads????

so the germans have shade, taking the country.



they shouldnt forget who helped them.

Moledet
06-06-2004, 01:14 PM
It was so obvious that there were going to be protests. Any place that Bush visits will always get protest... It's just so predictable.
Ehm...Not every place (at least not thousands of protestors, maybe few dozens of hippies and homo******s).
And Jehuty, now I see it, I didn't notice the window, I just looked at the inside of the bus.

Secret Squirrel
06-06-2004, 03:45 PM
why do the french have trees on all their roads????

so the germans have shade, taking the country.



they shouldnt forget who helped them.

Hrm...Bush helped the French? rofl

SeanAshi
06-06-2004, 04:40 PM
...yes thanks to the United States, the French have that right.

Secret Squirrel
06-06-2004, 04:48 PM
...yes thanks to the United States, the French have that right.

You're missing the point. Bush met with Chirac to discuss Iraq, thus the protestors. Granted, as someone noted, Bush will draw protestors where ever he goes, but again these were people who protested the Iraq war while Bush was discussing the situation in Iraq with Chirac.

Nice of you to only mention the U.S in your post.

Elmo
06-06-2004, 04:53 PM
...yes thanks to the United States, the French have that right.

Thanks to Soviet Union, USA, The Commonwealth, Poland and out of those especially Mr and Mrs Hall living on Raleigh Road 65 in Rome, Wisconsin.
Boy, do the French owe them!

There is nothing degrading if people demonstrate against Bush during D-Day remembrance, because Bush has taken the whole thing out of context to suit his own goals.

Hawaii_Light
06-06-2004, 05:08 PM
why do the french have trees on all their roads????

so the germans have shade, taking the country.


thats pretty ****ing ignorant, as stated before they are NOT protesting world war 11, they are protesting President Bush's Foreign Policy in Iraq.

Theres no reason why they can't, sure they do go overboard at times but do you see me crying about, NO, and neither should you.

and while were bringing up history why dont we look at french involvement in the American revolution, whats the difference between 60 years and 300 years anyways :bash:

memphiz
06-06-2004, 05:30 PM
F***ing protestors :bash:

henksmoeder
06-06-2004, 05:44 PM
Why are you so f*cking obsessed with the french? Why hate them for saying no to a war. Geeez man, the world is full of differing opinions man, learn to live with it finally. Besides, you got your f*cking war anyway, so why still blame the french. Nagging the french like this is childish and pathetic. Of course the french and other european countries are thankful for the liberation!

So basicly, in your eyes, liberation means that the liberated country should agree with you on ALL matters? BS! Differences make us unique man. Bunch of conformists! :bash:

Valuk
06-06-2004, 06:05 PM
Actually, people who gather on such occasions dont have coomon goals. They protest against war but many are there because they think The american way of life is killing MOTHER NATURE! Face it, US car engines are 50 years old technology that uses up huuge amounts of gasoline comparing to Jap or German engines. You pay less than a dollar for a liter, I have to pay more than 1$ for a liter, while French and others pay much more. My car goes uses 6liters per 100km at 130km/h while a GM pick up uses ? (20 liters) :backhand: . Bush is hated much more because of his anti enviromental policy, which is hurting us both. Why are you doing that, you Americans like to suffer from tornados, floods, hurricanes?? I dont think so! Remember Andrew next time you cheer for your incorporative America, Halliburton and others. Protesters and others hate this part of your lifestyle, not you as a person! Yous luk at the fact that US spends more oil than China+Japan+Germany+France... together. Where is the logic here? And at the same time >40.000.000 of Americans dont have Health insurance :( , which ALL Slovenians have, like in France, Germany... Something is really really wrong here! You spend much more but you (in average) have less. :|

I support US cause when it is just, I admire kids who stormed Normandy beaches :| , died in Huertgen forest or got shot down over Italy, I think that once your politicians were brave, independent and taught the world a lot. Now I think a few greedy politicians+corupt corporations like Halliburton and Enron are destroying the image, which people like Ike, Franklin D.R. and others made and died for years ago!

That is why people protest against MODERN US policy!

Gordon
06-06-2004, 06:16 PM
...yes thanks to the United States, the French have that right.

If you're gonna say stuff like that, you may as well say that thanks to the French the USA actually exists as we know it.

Pooga
06-06-2004, 06:33 PM
Actually, people who gather on such occasions dont have coomon goals. They protest against war but many are there because they think The american way of life is killing MOTHER NATURE! Face it, US car engines are 50 years old technology that uses up huuge amounts of gasoline comparing to Jap or German engines. You pay less than a dollar for a liter, I have to pay more than 1$ for a liter, while French and others pay much more. My car goes uses 6liters per 100km at 130km/h while a GM pick up uses ? (20 liters) :backhand: . Bush is hated much more because of his anti enviromental policy, which is hurting us both. Why are you doing that, you Americans like to suffer from tornados, floods, hurricanes?? I dont think so! Remember Andrew next time you cheer for your incorporative America, Halliburton and others. Protesters and others hate this part of your lifestyle, not you as a person! Yous luk at the fact that US spends more oil than China+Japan+Germany+France... together. Where is the logic here? And at the same time >40.000.000 of Americans dont have Health insurance :( , which ALL Slovenians have, like in France, Germany... Something is really really wrong here! You spend much more but you (in average) have less. :|

I support US cause when it is just, I admire kids who stormed Normandy beaches :| , died in Huertgen forest or got shot down over Italy, I think that once your politicians were brave, independent and taught the world a lot. Now I think a few greedy politicians+corupt corporations like Halliburton and Enron are destroying the image, which people like Ike, Franklin D.R. and others made and died for years ago!

That is why people protest against MODERN US policy!

1) Slovenia has 20 million people. Germany has 80 million. France has 60 million. The United States has *ding ding ding ding!* 287 million.

2) You support the US when it's your arse in danger, in other words.

3) France is no better than the US in the environmental arena, other than the fact that the US has more CO2 emmission because the US has four and a half more times as many people as France. France conducted nuclear tests in the Sahara Desert and in Pacific Islands. So did the US. French agents sink a Greenpeace ship off of New Zealand protesting the testing of nuclear material. And what about Calerpa Taxifolia destroying the seafloor of the Mediterranean Sea? French foresting countries destroying the rain forest in Gabon? French Lapeyre and Canadian Interfor destroying the Canadian Great Bear Rainforest? Don't go off thinking the US is the only environmentally insensitive country in the world, and France is the Great Environmental Crusader

4) I never knew Bush endorsed gas-guzzling civilian Hummers and SUVs. And France hates my lifestyle? I don't have a Hummer. I don't throw crap on the street when it could be recycled. I think there's some double standards going on and stereotypes, too.

Kilgor
06-06-2004, 06:50 PM
France said no to war, because it had very lucrative oil contracts and still a massive debt owed to it by the old leadership. Plus it as rountine sides with arab leaderships and powers hostile to the united states.

The moral no to war argument was complete bull**** folks.

kinghk
06-06-2004, 06:53 PM
France said no to war, because it had very lucrative oil contracts and still a massive debt owed to it by the old leadership. Plus it as rountine sides with arab leaderships and powers hostile to the united states.

The moral no to war argument was complete bull**** folks.

It's about as much bull**** as saying that US started this war to get access to Iraqi oul.

Kilgor
06-06-2004, 06:57 PM
Yeah.. and guess what, once again the US is carrying out a fight against religous and governent islamic extremism. With 10%+ muslim population in france, its not a fight you can ignore. Though id expect the french to do nothing until the panzers, oops.. i mean terrorists start carrying out attacks in your home country.

Secret Squirrel
06-06-2004, 07:13 PM
France said no to war, because it had very lucrative oil contracts and still a massive debt owed to it by the old leadership. Plus it as rountine sides with arab leaderships and powers hostile to the united states.

The moral no to war argument was complete bull**** folks.

kind of like the argument that Saddam was a thread to world peace is/was bull****. Sad to say, but the Bush administration was used by an exhiled Iraq to commit a political assassination.

Pooga
06-06-2004, 07:18 PM
Talk about beating a dead horse previously beaten to death. The problem with arguing about the Iraq War is that everybody knows they are right. Come along, there's nothing to see here.


kind of like the argument that Saddam was a thread to world peace is/was bull****.
I'd feel pretty stupid if I were a thread to world peace. Just a darn thread floatin in the wind. Sorry, had to do it.

Secret Squirrel
06-06-2004, 07:25 PM
Talk about beating a dead horse previously beaten to death. The problem with arguing about the Iraq War is that everybody knows they are right. Come along, there's nothing to see here.


kind of like the argument that Saddam was a thread to world peace is/was bull****.
I'd feel pretty stupid if I were a thread to world peace. Just a darn thread floatin in the wind. Sorry, had to do it.

I guess you missed joke. I'll do you a favor and dumb it down a little for you...a thread, a common term used to describe online discussions, which can contain nothing more than opinions instead of facts. Saddam's threat to world peace was false, a lie, a half truth...etc. So when I said "kind of like the argument that Saddam was a thread to world peace is/was bull****." it meant that Saddam's threat to world peace was nothing more than words without any actual evidence to support the claims Bush stated.

Valuk
06-06-2004, 07:37 PM
Slovenia has 2ml, actually! Therefore I never agreed with big countries like France, Germany, SU, US,… Whatever happened we lost, because we were/are so small. In ww2 Italy invaded us and after they capitulated and stopped fighting against Allied, they were rewarded by dont know who with 20% of our land :cantbeli: .

And we were the allies, an originaly painted RAF C-47 is standing next to my cottage, celebrating our common cause for the last 60 years… :D

C'mon, US uses up ¼ of world oil , with 6bln people in the world…with no plans to cut it down if I'm mistaken… Unfortunately, Europe is not doing anything better, you're right… Litle better when talking about transportation but otherwise no. :(

Perhaps driving smaller cars and living a healthy life would cut down the energy consumption, health budgets, mortality rates, meaning less oil imported, less money for corrupt Arab regimes, no weapons for them, no tyranies, no Al-qaeda, no WMD, no Enduring Freedoms, no protests and less budget holes, which is my main concern over the future stability of your country. Am I right or just idealistic?

DixieDude
06-06-2004, 07:48 PM
Actually, people who gather on such occasions dont have coomon goals. They protest against war but many are there because they think The american way of life is killing MOTHER NATURE! Face it, US car engines are 50 years old technology that uses up huuge amounts of gasoline comparing to Jap or German engines. You pay less than a dollar for a liter, I have to pay more than 1$ for a liter, while French and others pay much more. My car goes uses 6liters per 100km at 130km/h while a GM pick up uses ? (20 liters) . Bush is hated much more because of his anti enviromental policy, which is hurting us both. Why are you doing that, you Americans like to suffer from tornados, floods, hurricanes??


Has someone seen The Day After Tomorrow too many times???
:lol:

Gordon
06-06-2004, 08:03 PM
Yeah.. and guess what, once again the US is carrying out a fight against religous and governent islamic extremism. With 10%+ muslim population in france, its not a fight you can ignore. Though id expect the french to do nothing until the panzers, oops.. i mean terrorists start carrying out attacks in your home country.

All very well to say while you decide to totally ignore the fact that French troops are working with US troops in the Horn of Africa, Afghanistan and other places helping in the war against terror, and their presence in places like Haiti, among others, for peacekeeping etc ...

Pooga
06-06-2004, 08:23 PM
I guess you missed joke. I'll do you a favor and dumb it down a little for you...a thread, a common term used to describe online discussions, which can contain nothing more than opinions instead of facts. Saddam's threat to world peace was false, a lie, a half truth...etc. So when I said "kind of like the argument that Saddam was a thread to world peace is/was bull****." it meant that Saddam's threat to world peace was nothing more than words without any actual evidence to support the claims Bush stated.
You're not a comedian are you? p-)

cut
06-06-2004, 08:33 PM
Yeah.. and guess what, once again the US is carrying out a fight against religous and governent islamic extremism. With 10%+ muslim population in france, its not a fight you can ignore. Though id expect the french to do nothing until the panzers, oops.. i mean terrorists start carrying out attacks in your home country.

All very well to say while you decide to totally ignore the fact that French troops are working with US troops in the Horn of Africa, Afghanistan and other places helping in the war against terror, and their presence in places like Haiti, among others, for peacekeeping etc ...

you well and truly got him there

Kilgor
06-06-2004, 08:39 PM
http://www.iran-press-service.com/articles_2003/Apr-2003/iran_france_23403.htm

I wonder how genuine frances fight on terror is, when like I said it continues to frequent known enemys of the free world.

cut
06-06-2004, 08:53 PM
http://www.iran-press-service.com/articles_2003/Apr-2003/iran_france_23403.htm

I wonder how genuine frances fight on terror is, when like I said it continues to frequent known enemys of the free world.

I'd say it's no less genuine then yours.

Gordon
06-06-2004, 08:54 PM
http://www.iran-press-service.com/articles_2003/Apr-2003/iran_france_23403.htm

I wonder how genuine frances fight on terror is, when like I said it continues to frequent known enemys of the free world.

Maybe, but Pakistan is not exactly "world-friendly" considering their recent past.

Secret Squirrel
06-06-2004, 08:58 PM
http://www.iran-press-service.com/articles_2003/Apr-2003/iran_france_23403.htm

I wonder how genuine frances fight on terror is, when like I said it continues to frequent known enemys of the free world.

Well considering that the article is a year old, and given the situation in Iraq, and Bush's recent European tour that was intended to try and get a little more support for Iraq..well i just dont see how the article is revelent. I'm also not familar with the "iran press service", their site says "Iran Press Service is a fully independent and private news gathering and disseminating service. Using IPS materials is free of charge, but any contribution, in any form, is most welcome. And their current top story is"CHALABI PAYS FOR AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE BLUNDERS".(sorry for the capslock but thats the way they have it). Anyone else know any background info on this news service?

cqbrdy
06-06-2004, 09:01 PM
actually it was a joke, i thought it was pretty funny...
i know the french poeple were protesting against bush,
but hes still the US president and they should have alittle more respect
remembering that.

Zarathustra
06-06-2004, 09:19 PM
i know the french people were protosting against bush

some of french people, not all...

read this cqbrdy:



It was so obvious that there were going to be protests. Any place that Bush visits will always get protest... It's just so predictable.

you see, it's not the problem only in france, you have a lots of anti-bush in USA like Kerry, sean penn or THE ennemy of bush: Mickael Moore!

and NOBODY in France ( i'm french, i know the situation) has forgotten the sacrifices of your veterants, they protest against bush, that'all...

calm down a bit with my country... ;)

Secret Squirrel
06-06-2004, 09:22 PM
actually it was a joke, i thought it was pretty funny...
i know the french poeple were protesting against bush,
but hes still the US president and they should have alittle more respect
remembering that.

so by your logic the U.S should remember France for their efforts during the American Revolution, as another member pointed out.

Kilgor
06-06-2004, 09:31 PM
yeah.. how cannot we forget.

they helped out in that war, and the americans helped them out in ww1, ww2 and indochina.

1 war vs 3.

sounds fair to me.

edit.. oops.. how could we forget.. the cold war, thats 4

cut
06-06-2004, 09:43 PM
you're so childish, the US is lucky enough to have been isolated from potential enemies for the majority of it's existence, if you do count the likes of indochina then the french can count Afghanistan.

kinghk
06-06-2004, 09:46 PM
you're so childish, the US is lucky enough to have been isolated from potential enemies for the majority of it's existence, if you do count the likes of indochina then the french can count Afghanistan.

+ Gulf War 1.

Haiw
06-06-2004, 09:49 PM
Though I find it rather tasteless to commit such protests on such a day, I can see some sense on it when I see the same president they're protesting eating ****ing chewing gum during a memorial... :bash: Disrespectful ****.

Pooga
06-06-2004, 10:21 PM
you're so childish, the US is lucky enough to have been isolated from potential enemies for the majority of it's existence, if you do count the likes of indochina then the french can count Afghanistan.
I don't understand two things. Why is he any more childish than the rest of the people responding in this thread, one. Two, what do you mean by "if you do count the likes of indochina then the french can count Afghanistan?"

cut
06-06-2004, 10:29 PM
you're so childish, the US is lucky enough to have been isolated from potential enemies for the majority of it's existence, if you do count the likes of indochina then the french can count Afghanistan.
I don't understand two things. Why is he any more childish than the rest of the people responding in this thread, one. Two, what do you mean by "if you do count the likes of indochina then the french can count Afghanistan?"

childish? the whole 1 war vs 4 thing

if he counts indochina as a time that the US helped france then he should count the times when France assited the US in Afghanistan and Kuwait as well.

Brozozo
06-06-2004, 10:39 PM
They'll be begging for Bush and his war-mongering military machine if the Germans march into Paris again.

They should be protesting the ridiculously small amount of Frenchmen taking part in the actual invasion 60 years ago.

Brozozo
06-06-2004, 10:42 PM
IMO a big-ass protest should be organized the next time Chirac comes to the US against his pussy-ways and for being such a jackass all the time.

Zarathustra
06-06-2004, 10:44 PM
IMO a big-ass protest should be organized the next time Chirac comes to the US against his pussy-ways and for being such a jackass all the time.

No comment :roll:

Pooga
06-06-2004, 10:44 PM
The US supplied almost all of France's forces in Indochine.

cut
06-06-2004, 10:46 PM
IMO a big-ass protest should be organized the next time Chirac comes to the US against his pussy-ways and for being such a jackass all the time.

what are you on?

EvanL
06-06-2004, 10:48 PM
IMO a big-ass protest should be organized the next time Chirac comes to the US against his pussy-ways and for being such a jackass all the time.

what are you on?
I believe he is on a 12inche Mullato ****. rofl

ibstolidude
06-07-2004, 12:43 AM
The american way of life is killing MOTHER NATURE! Face it, US car engines are 50 years old technology that uses up huuge amounts of gasoline comparing to Jap or German engines. You pay less than a dollar for a liter, I have to pay more than 1$ for a liter, while French and others pay much more. My car goes uses 6liters per 100km at 130km/h while a GM pick up uses ? (20 liters) :backhand: . Bush is hated much more because of his anti enviromental policy, which is hurting us both. Why are you doing that, you Americans like to suffer from tornados, floods, hurricanes?? I dont think so! Remember Andrew next time you cheer for your incorporative America, Halliburton and others. Protesters and others hate this part of your lifestyle, not you as a person! Yous luk at the fact that US spends more oil than
that is funny, my American car uses less gas then my Audi!

MEGR
06-07-2004, 01:10 AM
My volvo eats gas like nothing else.

gbos
06-07-2004, 08:42 AM
Maybe we must shoot protestors we don’t agree with. Only problem is we have to find someone who is the sole possessor of truth and wisdom and to set him as the ‘standard’ opinion; something to compare other opinions with. ;)

cut
06-07-2004, 10:15 AM
My volvo eats gas like nothing else.

it's probably amercanized, they would sell in europe if it guzzled petrol

Jehuty
06-07-2004, 12:31 PM
They'll be begging for Bush and his war-mongering military machine if the Germans march into Paris again.

They should be protesting the ridiculously small amount of Frenchmen taking part in the actual invasion 60 years ago.

Well considering we got a hard time to send only a commando of 177 french in D-Day, who didn't even fight under French flag, i fail to see how we could have send thousands of soldiers.
Plus it would be nice if you could stop your lies about WW2, 100.000 free french forces participated in the Italy campaign, the 2DB landed in normandy and led the way to Paris, Leclerc's division landed in Provence.
Thousands of french forces took part in the invasion, and as soon the French territory was liberated, the French army participated in the invasion of Germany. Not to mention the Resistance who attacked Germans rear during D-Day to cut their supplies lines, or the uprising in Paris.
But with people like you, it's just like talking to a wall.

Olybrius
06-07-2004, 01:22 PM
They'll be begging for Bush and his war-mongering military machine if the Germans march into Paris again.

They should be protesting the ridiculously small amount of Frenchmen taking part in the actual invasion 60 years ago.


No my child , because they know that 7 french divisions of the 1st French Army landed few times later in Provence.
And don't try to monopolize what others did in the past , you are only a unimportant bawler, unworthy of them. :bash:

Operation Ivy
06-07-2004, 03:37 PM
French bashing is just so cool :roll:

Jehuty
06-07-2004, 03:39 PM
French bashing is just so cool :roll:

It's the same problem here with American bashing, i'm freaking tired of these assholes on both sides, in a long-run maybe they could even make our two countries ennemies :|

Operation Ivy
06-07-2004, 04:08 PM
lets hope not

Gordon
06-07-2004, 04:14 PM
I don't care who I bash, i'm not racist .. I just hate everyone ... :P