February 23, 2005
The French Army of OneAccording to National Reviews Beltway Buzz, is literally an Army of One man - the French military commitment to NATO's Iraqi military training is one single, solitary officer, and he's not even going to Iraq:
From the Washington Post story I linked to below, there is a fun fact worth pointing out. In the agreement reached with NATO to train 1,500 Iraqi forces, France had agreed to commit a single military officer. From the story, "France on Tuesday became the final NATO member to commit to the training effort, following recent commitments by Germany, Greece and Belgium. France pledged one military officer to help in coordination at NATO headquarters,"
I guess this actually works out well - we don't need any instruction in how to surrender to and behave around fascists.
Posted by Mark Noonan on February 23, 2005 05:57 PM
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You know, I had a good, intelligent comment. I swear.
But I'm laughing at this and so I forgot it.
Posted by: Kit at February 23, 2005 07:27 PM
*Cough* What? ONE!?! Literally ONE guy? Frack even JAPAN sent more people. Heck, I think EVERY other country with people in Iraq put in more folks than that!
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at February 23, 2005 08:53 PM
If you would like to join the real Army of One(million), give me a ring. You can qualify for up to:
-- $70,000 for College
-- $20,000 Cash Signing Bonus
-- $65,000 to repay Student Loans
-- 100% of College and Votech tuition
-- Get you choice of job training in one of 212 skills, no experience necessary
-- Free Medical and Dental
-- 30 days of paid Vacation every year
-- and a starting salary between $1,500 and 2,500 every month.
Posted by: SSG Moss at February 26, 2005 04:47 PM
