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Old 07-15-2004, 12:09 AM
aurora_borealis aurora_borealis is offline
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Originally posted by RACooper
Question I always asked the new recruits that engaged in France-bashing:

"If the French military is so pathetic then why are the majority of military terms French?"
They still like to fight even though they don't always win? They have a lot of spirit? The terms sound better in French?

Perhaps it is due to Napoleon, I heard the main reason he was defeated at Waterloo was he was cocky and put out a book with all his tactics. He also had syphillis...
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