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Old April 13th, 2003, 09:04 PM   #1
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A poem to France


A poem to France


Eleven thousand soldiers lay beneath the dirt and stone,
all buried on a distant land so far away from home.
For just a strip of dismal beach they paid a hero's price,
to save a foreign nation they all made the sacrifice.

And now the shores of Normandy are lined with blocks of white,
Americans who didn't turn from someone else's plight.
Eleven thousand reasons for the French to take our side,
but in the moment of our need, they chose to run and hide.

Chirac said every war means loss, perhaps for France that's true,
for they've lost every battle since the days of Waterloo.
Without a soldier worth a damn to be found in their region,
the French became the only land to need a Foreign Legion.

You French all say we're arrogant. Well hell, we earned the right--
We saved your sorry nation when you lacked the guts to fight.
But now you've made a big mistake, and one that you'll regret;
you took sides with our enemies, and that we won't forget.

It wasn't just our citizens you spit on when you turned,
but every one of ours who fell the day the towers burned.
You spit upon our soldiers, on our pilots and Marines,
and now you'll get a little sense of just what payback means.

So keep your Paris fashions and your wine and your champagnes,
and find some other market that will buy your aeroplanes.
And try to find somebody else to wear your French cologne,
for you're about to find out what it means to stand alone.

You see, you need us far more than we ever needed you.
America has better friends who know how to be true.
I'd rather stand with warriors who have the will and might,
than huddle in the dark with those whose only flag is white.

I'll take the Brits, the Aussies, the Israelis and the rest,
for when it comes to valor we have seen that they're the best.
We'll count on one another as we face a moment dire,
while you sit on the sideline with a sign "friendship for hire. "

We'll win this war without you and we'll total up the cost,
and take it from your foreign aid, and then you'll feel the loss.
And when your nation starts to fall, Frenchie, you can spare us,
just call the Germans for a hand, they know the way to Paris......

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Old April 13th, 2003, 10:38 PM   #2
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that was VERY cool and oh so true!

I hope they feel the economic pressure!
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Old April 13th, 2003, 10:46 PM   #3
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I liked the poem then, and I like it still now.

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Old April 14th, 2003, 08:20 AM   #4
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I liked the poem then, and I like it still now.

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Too funny. I should have doublechecked. We had a lot of France-bashing going on here for a while. It's worthy of a second posting anyway.
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Old April 15th, 2003, 06:53 AM   #5
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oh no!


I get home from Trader Joes last night with my provisions, aand lo and behold! I had bought FRENCH cheese w/out knowing it!
They had it labeled "Swiss Madrigal".
I'm still gonna eat it...
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, and US emergence as the only superpower, a lot of the smaller, weaker countries have begun to resent us. It's like highschool - the runty nerd always resents the BMOC football hero/homecoming king. I wouldn't be so pissed at France - they don't matter anyway
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