Clinton vs. Bush

[Rankenstein]

Well, we English scoff at any country that is just next door. It seems to be mutual.

[John Scott]

Originally Posted by kristeejo

Why is it that so many scoff at the French?

Q. Why do we need France on our side against Saddam and Osama?

A. So the French can show them how to surrender.



Q: How many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris?

A: Nobody knows, it's never been tried.


Q. Why don't they have fireworks at Euro Disney?

A. Because every time they shoot them off, the French try to surrender.

[John Scott]

Q: How many gears does a French tank have?
A: 4 reverse and 1 forward, in case the enemy attacks from the rear.

[kristeejo]

I heard French men are the best lovers

[John Scott]

Originally Posted by kristeejo

I heard French men are the best lovers

I would think Italians. French are too damn lazy, stereotypically.

[jg_v7n]

Originally Posted by John Scott

Q: How many gears does a French tank have?
A: 4 reverse and 1 forward, in case the enemy attacks from the rear.

ROFLOL

[littleFella]

Originally Posted by John Scott

Q: How many Frenchmen does it take to defend Paris?

A: Nobody knows, it's never been tried.

Has at least a cursory study if history been tried by those who make the claim ?
Siege of Paris (885-886) - the city was successfully defended
Siege of Paris (1870–1871) - the city surrendered after a 5 month siege

Originally Posted by John Scott

Q. Why don't they have fireworks at Euro Disney?
A. Because every time they shoot them off, the French try to surrender.

http://www.dlrp.fr/news/upload/dlp/f...ireworks11.jpg

[John Scott]

Has at least a cursory study if history been tried by those who make the claim ?

Those are jokes, littlefella, jokes.

LOL

[joecacia]

You know why we talk French in Lebanon? Because we was under France soldiers
But I like the French talking, what I hate is when they talk like they are putting a gum in their mouth, uh.

[I like pie]

Originally Posted by John Scott

Weapons of mass destruction? I don't think most Americans or Iraqis cared about that. They cared that he was a murdering, raping tyrant.

Then why is it that they only care about this recently when he's been a leader for so long? The world is full of corrupt leaders, saying that his crimes against his own people justify us invading is just stupid.

For us to say four years ago that we are giving him an opportunity to disarm implies that if he does, then we will not invade. So him being a murdering and raping tyrant doesn't matter at all, so long as he's a murdering and raping tyrant that complies with disarmament resolutions.

It's only after people say "hey, there's no WMD, what's going on?" that the focus shifts to what a horrible man he was.

I mean come on, it was dubbed "Operation Iraqi Freedom" after we use his lack of compliance as a reason to invade. Think about that, those are two entirely different things. "Freeing" the Iraqi population was a side-effect of our (supposed) main reason for being there, it was never the reason for us to go to war.

Can you really deny the dishonesty in this situation?

[John Scott]

Then why is it that they only care about this recently when he's been a leader for so long?

You seem to be oblivious to the policy shift that happened after 9/11. After 9/11, the American people decided that the live-and-let-live thing wasn't going so well with the tyrants and fanatics of the world.

I mean come on, it was dubbed "Operation Iraqi Freedom" after we use his lack of compliance as a reason to invade.

Operation Iraqi Freedom would imply that the purpose was to liberate Iraq, not remove any WMD.

The world is full of corrupt leaders, saying that his crimes against his own people justify us invading is just stupid.

So if a woman is being raped and murdered in North Korea, that means that it doesn't matter if a woman is being raped in Iraq? I fail to see your logic. Please enlighten me. How does the proliferation of crime against humanity justify crimes against humanity?

Can you really deny the dishonesty in this situation?

If I know that thousands of people are being murdered in a house, I would gladly and cheerfully and enthusiastically use dishonest means to gain access to that house in order to stop the injustice.

Anybody who would turn their back on the murder of tens of thousands of innocent people by their own government is, in my book, a coward.

[littleFella]

Originally Posted by John Scott

Those are jokes, littlefella, jokes.

LOL

How could I know it was a joke. You once said the reason for the US presence in Iraq was Iraqi freedom. I thought you joked around, but later I read somewhere you actually believed it to be true.

[John Scott]

Originally Posted by littleFella

How could I know it was a joke. You once said the reason for the US presence in Iraq was Iraqi freedom. I thought you joked around, but later I read somewhere you actually believed it to be true.

You lost me. How do you get from French military jokes to Iraq??

[littleFella]

Originally Posted by John Scott

You lost me. How do you get from French military jokes to Iraq??

I did not "get to Iraq" at all. I merely explained how it is sometimes hard to decide whether you joke or not, based on your previous posts.

[John Scott]

Originally Posted by littleFella

I did not "get to Iraq" at all. I merely explained how it is sometimes hard to decide whether you joke or not, based on your previous posts.

Are you serious? Are you telling me that you read obvious jokes, well known jokes, fairly famous jokes, and you failed to recongize them as jokes? Is that what you're telling me?

[littleFella]

Originally Posted by John Scott

Are you serious? Are you telling me that you read obvious jokes, well known jokes, fairly famous jokes, and you failed to recongize them as jokes? Is that what you're telling me?

I'm telling you what you read. Nothing more, nothing less. Suit yourself with any interpretation that will make your day.