Bill R,
True or not, good story, thanks. In business we have a saying that goes ?The French copy no one and no one copies the French?. I would presume the same sort of thing goes in joint military operations and just getting along is a major accomplishment. But on the other hand, they seemed to do well enough in the last Gulf War and did cover the northern flank whilst the swarms of US Abrams tanks and Brit Challenger tanks taught the Iraqis all about trembling earth.
As to the incident reported, well, how smart does a person have to be to know not to get verbally aggressive with a fiery, spunky Marine Lt. Col.-especially one that is not necessarily in his immediate chain of command? Sounds to me like a not so smart Frenchman that got about pushing the wrong buttons just cause he thought he could get away with it. Then kaabooom, the wick was lit, he got the jet blast and lucky he didn?t get his butt kicked as well. But then, possibly just a story, who knows.
Scamp
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