SgtMaj Bob and all others, I received this from a good friend and as a Marine, I wanted to share it with other "Leathernecks" to let them know that the Corps is as tough as ever. And to those who think that women don't belong or can't pull their weight. Hot Damn, this one did. GUNG HO, and let's hear it for the Colonel. Gunny Peek "Good night Chesty, where ever you are !" The following two messages came from two different friendswithin minutes of each other. Message #1 For all those who want a little more kumbaya avec les francaise, here's a little tidbit from the UPI: PARIS, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- French author Thierry Meyssan has sparked outrage, ridicule--and a rush of book sales--since he published "9/11: The Big Lie" last March. His claims: That the attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center were part of a dastardly plot hatched by members of the U.S. military and secret services, along with Bush administration hawks. Their goal, according to Meyssan: Partly to pump up defense spending and pave the way for future, oil-driven wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Readers in Europe, the Middle East and South America have snapped up copies of "The Big Lie," now published in more than a dozen languages. Roughly 230,000 copies of the book were sold in France, and it remained on the country's best-seller lists for weeks. A follow-up, "Pentagate," was released in June. Merde -- baisez le francais! ___________________________________________________________ Message #2 God Bless America! Damn, I love this place . . . >From a Marine in Bosnia. Note the signature, but read it last. "A funny thing happened to me yesterday at Camp Bondsteel (Bosnia). A French army officer walked up to me in the PX, and told me he thought we (Americans) were a bunch of cowboys and were going to provoke a war. He said if such a thing happens, we would not be able to count on the support of France. I told him that it didn't surprise me. Since we had come to France's rescue in World War I, World War II, Vietnam, and the Cold War, their ingratitude and jealousy was due to surface at some point in the near future anyway. That is why France is a third-rate military power with a socialist economy and a bunch of faggots for soldiers. I additionally told him that America, being a nation of deeds and action, not words, would do whatever it had to do, and France's support was only for show anyway. Just like in ALL NATO exercises, the US would shoulder 85% of the burden, as evidenced by the fact that the French officer was shopping in the American PX, and not the other way around. He began to get belligerent at that point, and I told him if he would like to, I would meet him outside in front of the Burger King and beat his ass in front of the entire Multi-National Brigade East, thus demonstrating that even the smallest American had more fight in him than the average Frenchman. He called me a barbarian cowboy and walked away in a huff. With friends like these, who needs enemies? Mary Beth Johnson, Lt.Col., USMC SEMPER FI! " ...Love like you've never been hurt, and dance like nobody is watching...."old saying. "Arrogance is a blindfold"....Ki yo 'Ki ga --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now " Love like you've never been hurt.....and dance like nobody is watching"....anon --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now