Just watched the news on French TV...

[Mavrick]

Well, I just watched the war coverage on French TV. It is easy to see that the French are friends with the Iraqi regime.

First of all, there are journalists in Baghdad right now, and they film injured people as well as Iraqis shooting in the water (to get the 2 pilots that "supposably" ejected).

Then, they showed the American POW and the soldiers that were killed today (the video from which CNN took the single picture).

Finally, when you listen to the anchor, you hear a lot of:"well, America now realize that there is gonna be resistance, and it should weaken their morale a lot", "this incident shows that American soldiers are poorly informed, that they hardly know where they are right now and who thay are foghting, and they just follow orders blindly", "the troops are progressing waay slower than expected, as they only advanced 180 miles in 3 hours... (wtf, I hardly advance that fast when travelling on the highway!!!)"

On a positive note, they also showed a large chunk of the fight between US marines and resistance in Umm Qasr with live voices from the soldiers (you hear them talk, you see them put on their mask, then call the command post...). So that really give you the impression to be with the soldiers.

 

[speg]

Well everyone was showing the injured and the river hunt. I don't think the French would deny that Sadam is a cruel man, IMO they were just against war.

 

[HappyPuppy]

I have a big wakeup for the French. The abuse of our military who are POW's will only increase the resolve of our soldiers.

 

[konichiwa]

They are "friends with the Iraqi regime" because they show certain images that you can't see on CNN/ABC? Pfft.

 

[etech]

No, because they sold one of the most energy rich nations in the world a NUCLEAR REACTOR.

 

[conjur]

Wonder what they'll be saying after they hear about THIS!

 

[konichiwa]

Originally posted by: etech
No, because they sold one of the most energy rich nations in the world a NUCLEAR REACTOR.

Way to thread crap...

 

[etech]

Originally posted by: konichiwa

Originally posted by: etech
No, because they sold one of the most energy rich nations in the world a NUCLEAR REACTOR.

Way to thread crap...

Reality bites, deal with it.

 

[Argo]

I lost all respect for french. As of now - they mean nothing to me.

 

[Czar]

Originally posted by: conjur
Wonder what they'll be saying after they hear about THIS!

hope the first thing the US does is call the UN and tell them to get their inspectors there, before the US does anything. That would be a good way to gather international support.

 

[konichiwa]

Originally posted by: etech

Originally posted by: konichiwa

Originally posted by: etech
No, because they sold one of the most energy rich nations in the world a NUCLEAR REACTOR.

Way to thread crap...

Reality bites, deal with it.

Uhhh...what?

 

[Kadarin]

A lot of the rest of the world mistakenly assumes that the resolve of the US will crumble when our military takes a few casualties. The real effect is to vastly increase our disgust with the Iraqis, the Arab world (as portrayed and pandered to by al-Jazeera), and the French.

 

[NesuD]

Originally posted by: Czar

Originally posted by: conjur
Wonder what they'll be saying after they hear about THIS!

hope the first thing the US does is call the UN and tell them to get their inspectors there, before the US does anything. That would be a good way to gather international support.

You gotta be joking. The UN weapons inspectors wouldn't know a WMD if it bit them in the ass. To Hell with the UN The had their chance and blew it.