Thanks Peter.
BillR
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Oh, my what a complicated question!
Probably
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The Maginot line was easily breached when the Germans developed a cannon
that would knock through the fortified bunkers with several shots. A
classic case of preparing for the last war as technology progressed. Very
ineffective
screens and a Colosseum
BillR
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Then there are the rednecks with guns
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Bill said...
You also might want to take a look at how much the USA benefits from the
'brain drain' of so many other countries. I heard part of that NPR
Robert Frost - and that quote was from the antagonist in the poem.
Something there is that doesn't love a wall is the other famous
quote from the poem.
MENDING WALL
Robert Frost
http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/frost-mending.html
Who was it that said Good fences make good
archer wrote:
A friend sent me this:
A win-win situation:
Dig a moat the length of the Mexican border.
Take the dirt and raise the levees in New Orleans.
Put the Florida alligators in the moat.
Then we can have our own Maginot Line. I suppose between that and
setting up colonies in the
Actually, the Maginot Line wasn't a blunder except for failing to
protect against an end run -- even the Nazi's admitted it would have
been impossible to force through it. The main problem was that the
French simply failed to follow orders to fight -- WWII should have
ended and a massive
Actually, the Maginot Line wasn't a blunder except for failing to
protect against an end run -- even the Nazi's admitted it would have
been impossible to force through it. The main problem was that the
French simply failed to follow orders to fight -- WWII should have
ended and a massive
archer wrote:
Why did the French refuse to fight?
Gerry
The brie was ripe, the bread was fresh, and the wine had peaked.
--
John L. Ervine
1981 240D 4-spd 270+kmi
1980 300TD 180+kmi
1980 300SD 277+kmi
1977 280S 4-spd 81+kmi
1976 350SE 4-spd 163+kmi
1972 220 278+kmi
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Actually, the Maginot Line wasn't a blunder except for failing to
protect against an end run -- even the Nazi's admitted it would have
been impossible to force through it. The main problem
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Robert Frost - and that quote was from the antagonist in the poem.
Something there is that doesn't love a wall is the other famous quote from
the poem.
MENDING WALL
Robert Frost
http://www.writing.upenn.edu
have the gators - easier to reason with. On
second thought take 'em both ...
BillR
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Don't you remember: The French fight with their feet and F*** with
their face. Some WWI humor!
Now I always thought that referred to savate, not to running away.
And no matter what you think of that statement, it's only worse
the other way around!
-- Jim
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The Maginot line was easily breached when the Germans developed a cannon
that would knock through the fortified bunkers with several shots. A
classic case of preparing for the last war as technology progressed. Very
ineffective in
John Ervine wrote:
archer wrote:
Why did the French refuse to fight?
Gerry
The brie was ripe, the bread was fresh, and the wine had peaked.
Touché
Marshall
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Marshall Booth (who doesn't respond to unsigned questions)
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'87 300TD
Oh, my what a complicated question!
Probably several, starting with the only reason France was a Republic
was that selecting a King nearly precipitated a civil war in the 1870s,
and the goverment was essentially paralyzed.
Add to that the butchery of WWI -- remember, France lost every
Bill said...
You also might want to take a look at how much the USA benefits from the
'brain drain' of so many other countries. I heard part of that NPR program,
and from the part I heard it was talking about top students who would be a
help to this country. Take all of the 'foreign' physicians,
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