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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 07:47 PM Original message |
France, Lebanon to deploy to border with Israel |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. The frog cavalry! |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 07:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. How nice. Let's insult the French. Just like freepers do. |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 09:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. French scuba divers during WW2 were called frogs. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 10:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. The term dates from at least the Napoleonic Wars |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 11:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. You can't talk to some people, but thanks for trying. Did you know that |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 11:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I never said I didn't know that so you needn't call me a liar |
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2020 (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-30-06 10:34 AM Response to Reply #19 |
33. Many thanks for posting this, POE. |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-30-06 12:08 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. The French "get" life |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 11:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. So, on the WHOLE fucking Internet, you didn't find ONE REFERENCE |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 11:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I was looking for the explanation I had heard as a child. |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-30-06 12:31 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I give up. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-30-06 07:22 AM Response to Reply #16 |
30. The term is way older than that, and is derogatory n/t |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-30-06 10:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
34. That's interesting! I always |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-30-06 10:03 AM Response to Reply #3 |
32. Wow let's be overly sensitive.. |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. remember "Freedom fries"? |
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Fredda Weinberg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. keeping fingers crossed n/t |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'm just wondering in the French and Lebanese know about this yet. nt |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. Kick for peacekeepers |
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Olney Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. But did she play the piano? |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. France nixed the proposal unless cease-fire |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 08:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Thanks. That's what turkey said too. |
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joemurphy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. My only concern is what a Lebanese deployment might mean. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 09:43 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Yes, it might. |
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joemurphy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 11:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. We'll see, I guess. I'm skeptical. Memories of Lebanon's |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. I remember the French getting hit in Lebanon in the 80's |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 09:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. Yes, Hezb killed |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 11:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. No more than they said "oops" for killing 241 of ours. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
12. Saturday evening in Israel began 6-7 hours ago, are they still in |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 08:55 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I'm sure Condi is soundly asleep by now... |
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gorbal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. I just find myself wanting her to succeed right now |
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MnFats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. ask anybody who fought alongside the French in Afghanistan. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-29-06 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
20. Syria denounces call for international Lebanon force |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-30-06 12:03 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. What is the Syrian proposal? nt |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-30-06 07:22 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. For what? nt |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-30-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. after a cease fire and withdrawal |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-30-06 04:17 AM Response to Original message |
29. So much for that.... |
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