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***NEW..MUST READ***French carrier battle group heads for Gulf.
Are they lost? Are they going to attack the US navy? Are they like lost mules following the horses? What do they think they are doing?
If they are going to help then that's really bad as the carrier is the famed Charles de Gaulle, which during its time has done everything but sink or get captured by the British, the traditional destiny of French naval vessels.
Anyway, this is a sure sign that the posturing is just about over and the French are going to timidly join the posse led by us "American cowboys".
I wonder if they will leave their German butt buddies swinging in the wind?
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February 16, 2003, 00:50
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Nice troll, for as long as it may last. (If Ming calls it, it's his.)
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February 16, 2003, 00:56
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I vote "they're lost".
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February 16, 2003, 00:56
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Re: ***NEW..MUST READ***French carrier battle group heads for Gulf.
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Originally posted by Lancer
I wonder if they will leave their German butt buddies swinging in the wind?
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Of course we'll do. Did you imagine our leaders are trustworthy ?
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February 16, 2003, 00:58
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Are they going to attack the US navy?
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Oh, the entertainment value that would proceed from that.
If only...
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February 16, 2003, 00:58
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Originally posted by DanS
I vote "they're lost".
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Nah, I think Powell and de Villepin came to an agreement faster than we thought. I wonder what the agreement is : imagine a thing which allows both countries not to lose their face (Germany being completely ridiculed in the end)
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February 16, 2003, 00:59
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Maybe they're going to invade Egypt again.
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February 16, 2003, 01:00
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They're just delivering a lot of Croissants...
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February 16, 2003, 01:00
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Originally posted by Frogger
Maybe they're going to invade Egypt again.
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Why would we have our carrier in the Gulf than ?
Nevermind, I just remembered how sucky our strategists are 
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February 16, 2003, 01:01
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When they get a taste of that nasty middle eastern goat cheese there will be mutiny. 
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February 16, 2003, 01:02
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It's just that if they're in the gulf the Egyptians will have a hard time sinking them. 
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February 16, 2003, 01:02
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Originally posted by Ted Striker
When they get a taste of that nasty middle eastern goat cheese there will be mutiny.
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Some Frenchmen drink this thing too. Don't forget how Arab loving we are 
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February 16, 2003, 01:06
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MtG, thanks for the pass guy.
Didn't the French just trade an african democracy for a cocoa crop? Is that the Ivory Coast? I think the carrier battle group is heading first to the Ivory Coast.
I guess I better try a link. 
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February 16, 2003, 01:08
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Nice troll, for as long as it may last. (If Ming calls it, it's his.)
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All I did was change the title... 
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February 16, 2003, 01:10
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I am seriously tripping out on this? Is it true that they are heading to the gulf? What kind of deal could they have made?
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February 16, 2003, 01:10
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Originally posted by Lancer
I think the carrier battle group is heading first to the Ivory Coast.
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We don't need no stinking carrier in Africa ! The Foreign Legion is in charge there. A gun and a knife, a pair of balls, and here they go
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February 16, 2003, 01:11
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February 16, 2003, 01:12
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Why don't you Frenchies do us all a favor and send Jean Reno to kill Saddam:
http://www.reelartgallery.com/photog...eno/photo.html
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February 16, 2003, 01:18
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Jean Reno is busy killing Bush
Erm, did I just say that ?
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February 16, 2003, 01:18
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To Lancer, re: Ivory Coast....
Now here's a picture you don't see every day....
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February 16, 2003, 01:20
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Ah Vel do you realize how many threads I am going to post that on now?
1001, 1002...1054...
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February 16, 2003, 01:21
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You'd be glad to see the Rebels hate France as well, because we are supporting Gbagbo 
In Ivory Coast, we are basically hated as much as America is hated everywhere else (ah, memories of empire *pleased sigh* )
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February 16, 2003, 01:22
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I just found this...
http: http://www.globalsecurity.org/org/ne...y-deploy01.htm
I'll try to find again the one where it says they are sailing for the Ivory Coast.
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February 16, 2003, 01:22
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Just consider me something of an arms dealer, Ted...gotta keep you boys supplied.... 
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February 16, 2003, 01:24
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I didn't see anything more than
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The French have deployed their sole nuclear aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle, to the eastern Mediterranean, leading some analysts to believe that they will sign on to a battle. ''The assumption down here in the bunker is that the French don't want to be left out of the party,'' said John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org.
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There is no doubt Chirac will want to look good towards the US in the end. Maybe just not now.
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February 16, 2003, 01:25
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Vel,
Find some anti-US propaganda. The French empire looks stronger than ours now.
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February 16, 2003, 01:27
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I agree with your reading on it, Spiff, but I fear your leader may have overestimated what goodwill his carrier will generate.
Bush and company are *furious* over France's shenanigans against them thus far. If your leader is counting on the presence of the carrier to mend that fence, I think he's in for a nasty shock.
Our cowboy sensibilities don't work that way....
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February 16, 2003, 01:27
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If the US couldn't get the 9 votes in the Security Council it needs for war, France has no need to use its veto power. It is less and less likely that the US will get a UN go-ahead now.
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February 16, 2003, 01:28
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Duncan....but that's easy! It's all over the news sites....I had to really DIG for that French one!
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February 16, 2003, 01:32
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Here's something I saw in the news on how the US and UK are trying to resolve this and save face. Evidently they are very concerned about the protests today.
http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid...united_nations
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