French block airlift of British troops to Basra

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On 17 Sep 2003 04:17:05 -0700, (Michael
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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.

Interestingly enough the French usually reserve their riots for their
own government and have a pretty good record of making their
government change it's policy this way.

Shades of the revolution and all that.

Peter

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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.

Interestingly enough the French usually reserve their riots for their
own government and have a pretty good record of making their
government change it's policy this way.

I wasn't thinking the anger of the French people would be directed at the
UK.

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Interestingly enough the French usually reserve their riots for their
own government and have a pretty good record of making their
government change it's policy this way.

I wasn't thinking the anger of the French people would be directed at the
UK.

Why ever not, it has been for the last thousand years or so.

I'm afraid we just don't get on.

Which is odd, because I like the place and I like the food. I even like
the people outside the big cities.

However the French in the big cities are a ghastly bunch, although I think
they hate their own provincials more than they hate the Brits...

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On 17 Sep 2003 04:17:05 -0700, (Michael
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French block airlift of British troops to Basra 16.09.2003 [06:41]


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

Interestingly enough the French usually reserve their riots for their
own government and have a pretty good record of making their
government change it's policy this way.

Shades of the revolution and all that.

Peter

Wasn't France (not USSR/Russia) the first nuclear armed country to have a
military coup? Or was the Algerian revolution before they got nukes?

Is that why they get so upset about the US military stay-with-it? Their
army took casualties and had a failed colonial occupation in an Aram contry
that lead to the army taking over the govt to get out of the colony
business, and the US hasn't?

"Robert" a écrit dans le message de
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Interestingly enough the French usually reserve their riots for their
own government and have a pretty good record of making their
government change it's policy this way.

Shades of the revolution and all that.

Peter

Wasn't France (not USSR/Russia) the first nuclear armed country to have a
military coup? Or was the Algerian revolution before they got nukes?

Well, the first French atomic bomb was detonated in Sahara in 1960, two
years after the June1958 coup that failed pretty quickly anyway as De Gaulle
refused to follow the generals who had initiated it and as there was no
support at all from the public in the metropole.


Is that why they get so upset about the US military stay-with-it? Their
army took casualties and had a failed colonial occupation in an Aram
contry
that lead to the army taking over the govt to get out of the colony
business, and the US hasn't?


I honestly don't see many links between the decolonization war in Algeria
and the current US foreign policy. Now if you're talking about mutual
failures... :-)

Regards,
ArVa

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

I wish they would

The price of champagne and decent cheese would drop even lower.

Or do you prefer freedom fries and coke?

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

I wish they would

The price of champagne and decent cheese would drop even lower.

French wine is all from California vines and we can't buy French cheese.

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The price of champagne and decent cheese would drop even lower.

French wine is all from California vines and we can't buy French cheese.

And the Californian vines came from where originally?

I've tried that stuff they sell as 'domestic champagne' in the USA,
including the stuff made by Mumm, which chemical plant makes it?

Not being able to buy French cheese is a cruel and unusual punishment...

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