French (Canadian) Military Prowess...

[665ae]

I'd hate to go up against these guys...

[Mike, Lord of the Spammers!]

Saw this one a while back , I'd leg it too

[J-sews]

Saw this one a while back , I'd leg it too

After something like that happens, how long should they wait before declaring the missile a dud and going back to pick it up?

[BIG-TARGET]

How much do you want to bet Osama Bin Laden, and his leutenants,  are watching this.  And planning the overthrow!!

[Grant Lamontagne]

It's always been one of the more peculiar points in my life when I read that French people are wussies.  Growing up in a military family has proven one thing to me- do not screw with French Canadians.  My father is French Canadian, and something like 60% of the military is French Canadian (while the national average of French people is probably about half that!) and I'll tell you, these guys are tough as nails.  I really only wish I'd known my father back in his Combat Engineer days- by the time I was old enough to know what my father did for a living, he had switched to a desk job, but even there no one messed with him.  It's great to hear him "flashback" to his old military days when he's working around the house.  I don't mean like the Vietnam Vet type flashback, but the ones where something ogs his memory and he mutters something like "It's only sh*t Lamontagne, hands are washable!"

Still, the video is hilarious and it could very well be a weapon currently issued to Canadian troops- most of our equipment is dirt cheap or 30-40 years old.   

Def

[ducktapehero]

It's always been one of the more peculiar points in my life when I read that French people are wussies.  Growing up in a military family has proven one thing to me- do not screw with French Canadians.

One thing you need to remember is you're mistaking the French and the French Canadians. French Canadians, who are related to the Cajuns, are quite different than the French from France. So there's no need to feel bad. In fact, I'm sure there were a few French Canadians on the shores of Normandy thinking "Why aren't the French here helping?"




 

[BIG-TARGET]

It's always been one of the more peculiar points in my life when I read that French people are wussies.  Growing up in a military family has proven one thing to me- do not screw with French Canadians.  My father is French Canadian, and something like 60% of the military is French Canadian (while the national average of French people is probably about half that!) and I'll tell you, these guys are tough as nails.  I really only wish I'd known my father back in his Combat Engineer days- by the time I was old enough to know what my father did for a living, he had switched to a desk job, but even there no one messed with him.  It's great to hear him "flashback" to his old military days when he's working around the house.  I don't mean like the Vietnam Vet type flashback, but the ones where something ogs his memory and he mutters something like "It's only sh*t Lamontagne, hands are washable!"

Still, the video is hilarious and it could very well be a weapon currently issued to Canadian troops- most of our equipment is dirt cheap or 30-40 years old.  

Def

In this case, I don't think anyone is belittling the "Grunts".  but the quality of the equipment they use.  Though the missile didn't light. The second it comes out of the tube, it is considered "Live ordinance".  I don't blame them for running!

[Grant Lamontagne]

It's always been one of the more peculiar points in my life when I read that French people are wussies.  Growing up in a military family has proven one thing to me- do not screw with French Canadians.

One thing you need to remember is you're mistaking the French and the French Canadians. French Canadians, who are related to the Cajuns, are quite different than the French from France. So there's no need to feel bad. In fact, I'm sure there were a few French Canadians on the shores of Normandy thinking "Why aren't the French here helping?"

I know they are different, but we don't refer to them as "French Canadians" here, they are just "French."  So, because of my lifelong association with French Canadians, that's just what pops into my mind first.

If we want to get into the WWII thing, geographically speaking the French weren't in a position to resist the Nazi war machine and would have been flattened.  Surrender allowed the country and culture to remain (more or less) intact, while helping the allies in more clandestine ways.  I doubt the war would have been over when it was without the French Underground undermining the Nazis from within.  Of course given the lack of records of the Resistance for obvious reasons, no one will ever know for sure just how much help they provided.

As Obi Wan once said "There are alternatives to fighting..."

Def