French block airlift of British troops to Basra

Drewe Manton wrote in message .4...
(Kevin Brooks) wrote in
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US troops always grumble; part of what makes US troops unique, I
guess.


Hardly! It's a characteristic of soldiers the world over, and led one
British CO to say "if the men are moaning, things are okay, when they STOP
moaning I'll start worrying because something is seriously wrong"

That would appear to be a restatement of an old maxim. True enough
that troops the world over do grumble; my mistake for using the word
"unique", as opposed to maybe "typical of". ISTR it was one of your
officers who was somewhat amazed that US troops tended to have to be
told the "why" of their orders, as opposed to the quaint "yes, sir,
three bags full, sir" type of response to which he was accustomed...

Brooks

On 17 Sep 2003 04:17:05 -0700, (Michael
Petukhov) wrote:

French block airlift of British troops to Basra 16.09.2003 [06:41]


The French government has told an airline that it is not to ferry
British troops to Basra, a ban that will be seen as reflecting Paris's
opposition to the occupation of Iraq.

Corsair, which has been chartered numerous times to transport UK
forces around the world, pulled out of a contract to fly
reinforcements to Basra at the weekend.

Good planning by the French.

Net effect of the move - Corsair loses the various UK charter
contracts to another, probably non-French firm, and generates some
anti French feeling in the UK. Oops.

Peter Kemp

"Peter Kemp" peter_n_kempathotmaildotcom wrote in message
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On 17 Sep 2003 04:17:05 -0700, (Michael
Petukhov) wrote:

French block airlift of British troops to Basra 16.09.2003 [06:41]


The French government has told an airline that it is not to ferry
British troops to Basra, a ban that will be seen as reflecting Paris's
opposition to the occupation of Iraq.

Corsair, which has been chartered numerous times to transport UK
forces around the world, pulled out of a contract to fly
reinforcements to Basra at the weekend.

Good planning by the French.

Net effect of the move - Corsair loses the various UK charter
contracts to another, probably non-French firm, and generates some
anti French feeling in the UK. Oops.

If the UK public were to boycott French products like the American People
have, the French People would riot.

Tarver Engineering wrote in message
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If the UK public were to boycott French products like the American
People
have, the French People would riot.


I suspect the French people would look to hire someone to riot for them,
probably one of their Arab terrorist allies.

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"tscottme" wrote in message
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Tarver Engineering wrote in message
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If the UK public were to boycott French products like the American
People
have, the French People would riot.


I suspect the French people would look to hire someone to riot for them,
probably one of their Arab terrorist allies.

People without work might II Deuce, Chirac.

Tarver Engineering wrote:

"Peter Kemp" peter_n_kempathotmaildotcom wrote in message
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On 17 Sep 2003 04:17:05 -0700, (Michael
Petukhov) wrote:

French block airlift of British troops to Basra 16.09.2003 [06:41]


The French government has told an airline that it is not to ferry
British troops to Basra, a ban that will be seen as reflecting Paris's
opposition to the occupation of Iraq.

Corsair, which has been chartered numerous times to transport UK
forces around the world, pulled out of a contract to fly
reinforcements to Basra at the weekend.

Good planning by the French.

Net effect of the move - Corsair loses the various UK charter
contracts to another, probably non-French firm, and generates some
anti French feeling in the UK. Oops.

If the UK public were to boycott French products like the American People
have, the French People would riot.

If the French really want to irritate the UK they just get their farmers /
truck drivers / fishermen / ATC / whatever to go on strike.

If you're not familiar with the effect, I'd be glad to explain further.


Graham

"Pooh Bear" wrote in message
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Tarver Engineering wrote:

"Peter Kemp" peter_n_kempathotmaildotcom wrote in message
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On 17 Sep 2003 04:17:05 -0700, (Michael
Petukhov) wrote:

French block airlift of British troops to Basra 16.09.2003 [06:41]


The French government has told an airline that it is not to ferry
British troops to Basra, a ban that will be seen as reflecting
Paris's
opposition to the occupation of Iraq.

Corsair, which has been chartered numerous times to transport UK
forces around the world, pulled out of a contract to fly
reinforcements to Basra at the weekend.

Good planning by the French.

Net effect of the move - Corsair loses the various UK charter
contracts to another, probably non-French firm, and generates some
anti French feeling in the UK. Oops.

If the UK public were to boycott French products like the American
People
have, the French People would riot.

If the French really want to irritate the UK they just get their farmers /
truck drivers / fishermen / ATC / whatever to go on strike.

If you're not familiar with the effect, I'd be glad to explain further.

Is ther an odor?

Tarver Engineering wrote:

"Pooh Bear" wrote in message
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Tarver Engineering wrote:

"Peter Kemp" peter_n_kempathotmaildotcom wrote in message
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On 17 Sep 2003 04:17:05 -0700, (Michael
Petukhov) wrote:

French block airlift of British troops to Basra 16.09.2003 [06:41]


The French government has told an airline that it is not to ferry
British troops to Basra, a ban that will be seen as reflecting
Paris's
opposition to the occupation of Iraq.

Corsair, which has been chartered numerous times to transport UK
forces around the world, pulled out of a contract to fly
reinforcements to Basra at the weekend.

Good planning by the French.

Net effect of the move - Corsair loses the various UK charter
contracts to another, probably non-French firm, and generates some
anti French feeling in the UK. Oops.

If the UK public were to boycott French products like the American
People
have, the French People would riot.

If the French really want to irritate the UK they just get their farmers /
truck drivers / fishermen / ATC / whatever to go on strike.

If you're not familiar with the effect, I'd be glad to explain further.

Is ther an odor?

I think I see where you're coming from. :-)

Actually the main effect is to block main traffic routes to the European
mainland.- whether they be by air , sea, or road ( via any means of crossing the
Channel ) . I'm not sure if Eurotunnel operatives have done it too - in which
case possibly by rail too.

Sometimes being an island has its disadvantages.


Graham

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"Peter Kemp" peter_n_kempathotmaildotcom wrote in message
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On 17 Sep 2003 04:17:05 -0700, (Michael
Petukhov) wrote:

French block airlift of British troops to Basra 16.09.2003 [06:41]


The French government has told an airline that it is not to ferry
British troops to Basra, a ban that will be seen as reflecting Paris's
opposition to the occupation of Iraq.

Corsair, which has been chartered numerous times to transport UK
forces around the world, pulled out of a contract to fly
reinforcements to Basra at the weekend.

Good planning by the French.

Net effect of the move - Corsair loses the various UK charter
contracts to another, probably non-French firm, and generates some
anti French feeling in the UK. Oops.

If the UK public were to boycott French products like the American People
have, the French People would riot.




Is it spring already ?


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"Tarver Engineering" wrote in message
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If the UK public were to boycott French products like the American People
have, the French People would riot.

That's not likely to happen so long as the British public have a more
grown-up attitude to politics than a class of first-graders.

Si