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Way off topic, but it has do to with the French
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message ... The Blitzkrieg days were long gone by the time the Fw 190 appeared on the scene. They'd have probably just used them for strafing and busting up formations, wouldn't they? They couldn't have hung long in a turn fight with Spitfires. As I understood it, they sort of took the bull-in-a-china-cabinet approach to things. My grandfather's bombardier recalled slugging it out with one attacking them head-on, watching pieces off the FW's cowl fly off and seeing an exposed piston working as the plexiglass of the B-17 exploded all around him. (They crashed in Sampigny, France.) -c |
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Way off topic, but it has do to with rednecks
"WingFlaps" wrote in message ... Did you know that your #1 enemy was a US sponsored "freedom fighter" before he was cut off and left out to dry? That might have made him realize something don't you think? That the U.S. is a potential ally if Afghanistan is invaded? -c |
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Way off topic, but it has do to with rednecks
"Gig 601XL Builder" wrote in message ... Dudley Henriques wrote: To me, the terrorist strategy is glaringly apparent. You first split the country, then you let it destroy itself from within. You sit back and watch. It's the old divide and conquer all over again, only this time it smells of camel crap :-) I think you are giving them way too much credit. Maybe, but, at least certain members of their leadership have demonstrated themselves to be extremely cunning, including ObL. It think underestimating them is what got us tangled with them in the first place. Specifically, we shouldn't have underestimated Al Qaeda in the 1990s. -c |
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Way off topic, but it has do to with the French
Of course it never dawned upon you that the governement was not "the
French"? Ever heard of something like the Résistence? Sure. So? -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Way off topic, but it has do to with the French
"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:tMDxj.1303$TT4.589@attbi_s22: I don't think Obviously Bertie |
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Way off topic, but it has do to with the French
Phil J wrote in
: On Feb 28, 1:16*pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote: As unprepared as American was at that time, if the U.S. had been part of Europe, Germany could have rolled over us as well. *Germany's use of advanced technology and advanced tactics put them ahead of every other country on the planet at that time. I don't think anyone makes fun of the French for surrendering to Hitler's blitzkrieg. *The Wehrmacht rolled over everything in its path, until Hit ler decided that they should winter in the Soviet Union. * Bad move for them , good for us. No, what makes the French the butt of so many jokes was their collaboratio n with the Nazis after the surrender. * The Vichy government was an abomination. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" Yeah, the collaboration is part of it. But I think the French had an extra-embarrassing surrender because they had invested so much in their "impregnable" Maginot line. When the Germans simply went around it, it really made the French look like fools. People who live in glass houses. Bertie |
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Way off topic, but it has do to with the French
"Jay Honeck" wrote in news:xr5yj.3282$TT4.2505
@attbi_s22: Of course it never dawned upon you that the governement was not "the French"? Ever heard of something like the Résistence? Sure. So? Moron Bertie |
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Way off topic, but it has do to with the French upgraded to equal opportunity insulter
"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:f6Lxj.54584$yE1.32939@attbi_s21: The Spanish are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy. These beautifully designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy. The old sailors in my workgroup here are roaring. Same here. My son has decided that he probably shouldn't tell that joke when he visits Spain next month... I'll be sure to tell customs for him. Bertie |
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Way off topic, but it has do to with the French upgraded to equal opportunity insulter
Wolfgang Schwanke wrote in -
berlin.de: American terrorist preparations: level 1: ban nasal hair trimmers level 2: invade some innocent country on a different continent and bomb it to cinders because they can't locate the right one on a map level 3: have some more skyscrapers bombed by the people ****ed off from what happened in level 2 level 4: post racist jokes to usenet American jokes aren't racist? Maybe they should Level 1. invade naeighbors to southeast. Level 2 anschull the next nieghbors to souteast Level 3 invade neighbors to east Level 4 invade neighbors to west Level 5 **** up everything else and go whining back to the vaterland. Bertie |
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Way off topic, but it has do to with the French
Jay Honeck schrieb:
Of course it never dawned upon you that the governement was not "the French"? Ever heard of something like the Résistence? Sure. So? Good grief, are you really so dim? It takes an awful lot of courage to do what they did. I suspect the vast majority of those who enjoy dumb jokes about "the French" wouldn't have that courage. |
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