I almost dismissed the post by Thomas Lifson for American Thinker. Lifson brings his reader's attention to an essay written for a French newspaper by a French soldier who was stationed with American soldiers in Afghanistan.
I've never read anything positive about any Americans written by any Europeans. I'm sure they exist, I just haven't seen them. I know them to be critical as H-E-Double battle axes.
So this essay surprised me.
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They are all heads and shoulders taller than us and their muscles remind us of Rambo. Our frames are amusingly skinny to them — we are wimps, even the strongest of us — and because of that they often mistake us [the French] for Afghans.And.
Always coming to the rescue when one of our teams gets in trouble, and always in the shortest delay. That is one of their tricks: they switch from T-shirt and sandals to combat ready in three minutes. Arriving in contact with the enemy, the way they fight is simple and disconcerting: they just charge! They disembark and assault in stride, they bomb first and ask questions later — which cuts any pussyfooting short.Then the most touching conclusion I've ever read. It's like a love letter.
Full essay here.
5 comments:
Les Americains - formidable.
There is a reason that France is now an African muslim nation - French "men".
That article is gibberish - we don't speak "English"? Really Why should we - we are Americans. Do you not complain about the "French" spoken in Quebec, Louisiana and Guinea? Back at you, chienne.
And "full battle rattle"? No American talks like that. Sounds suspiciously like Limey talk. Get out, travel more, learn how real countries operate then get back to me, frog boy.
Bridges falling down at home and we've been in Afghanistan for what? 18 years?
I thought it was a very honest and honorable assessment; very admiring! Regular yurps don't get out much more than regular Americans so the American accent will sound weird to them since they probably only ever hear the fruity British vowel movement version.
Also: These men, all of them, are traveling and learning about other countries, more than most. Hell, I'll never go to Afghanistan.
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