"Cub Driver" wrote in message
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I never said they did, only that the UK has a military that actually
works.

To be entirely fair, so does France.

They do? When did they last actually DO anything with it?

France has done especially well in African messes.

So has Belgium. Not exactly a ringing endorsement.

Before the U.S. bombed Gaddafi, for example,
the French had a small army in Chad (was it Chad? oh God I can't
remember) that whupped Gaddafi's invasion.

Yes, and as I recall, the US had a large hand in getting the French there
and then supporting them.