WE FRENCH have the best army in the world?? how about the FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION??

Question

we give a chance to anybody

it is obvious that 90 per cent know nothing before talking but i am not surprised; typical us of a

one more thing we do not shoot each other.good joke in europe as it is well known you are the best in the world. at least you r good at somethhing

Answer 1

Can't do worse than the US Army in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Is Rumsfeld french?
Thanks Rummy!

Answer 2

(1) This is not a serious military question.

(2) The French may be a great people amongst the greater community of nations, but you, Questioner, are a fine example of how exceptions to the rule can occur.

(3) It defies the imagination on how a Frenchman can point to a unit made in principle of foreigners (granted, many of the Legion are actually French) as proof of Gallic pride.

(4) Citing how "Americans love to shoot each other" while living in a country that seems to enjoy race riots, sport riots, car-burning, farm protests, walkouts, labor disputes, and other forms of social unrest is the epitome of hypocrisy.

You, Questioner, all you do is bring to the fore the reality that even the French have idiots like you amongst them, and all you do is antagonize the worst sort of Americans. You are a complete idiot that, had you any sense of shame, would have suicided long ago.

You are a disgrace to your nation and to the human race. If you want to be an idiot, at least do it outside the military section. Petition Yahoo! Answers to create an "Idiots" forum where jingoists and other knuckleheads can gather and throw slurs at one another. If you find it in you to bring a serious question to the fore, come again.

Answer 3

The French are a pictular people. Back in the 1960's they successfully deployed both 4 ballistic submarines AND 4 fast attack submarines at the same time. They have developed one of the most sophisticated submarines- Le Triomphant'- with a custom built 150MW nuclear reactor.

And yet, when invaded by the Germans in 1940 the Mayor said to the invading General "Table for 100,000, Monsuer?"

And yet, after WW 2, they managed to make a custom built battlefield rifle called the MAS49/56- a gas piston, chambered in 7.62 by 54mm, and was considered well built but accurate.

But...

"Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion." -Norman Schwartzkopf

And...

"You know why the French don't want to bomb Saddam Hussein? Because he hates America, he loves mistresses and wears a beret. He is French, people."
-Conan O'Brien

"I don't know why people are surprised that France won't help us get Saddam out of Iraq. After all, France wouldn't help us get Hitler out of France either." -Jay Leno

"The last time the French asked for 'more proof ' it came marching into Paris under a German flag." -David Letterman

As far as the French Foreign Legion? *Shrugs* They get poor equipment, lousy uniforms, medicore officers and NCO's,,,and yet, they win battles. Not because they work for the French, but because they're NOT French.

To sum it up in one sentence?

"Only thing worse than a Frenchman is a Frenchman who lives in Canada." -Ted Nugent

Answer 4

Three things I like most about France.French Foreign Legion,French Wine and French women.

Answer 5

I liked that movie where Jean Claude Van Damm was in the French Foreign Legion. Oh those muscles, Yummy!

Answer 6

Survive the French Foreign Legion for 5 years, and only then will one be invited to become citizens of France. Maybe we should do something like that here in American.. ..fight for us, manage to stay alive, and maybe we'll considering 'inviting' you to apply for USA citizenship.. But, no where dies it say that citizen to France was ever granted, only that they were invited to apply for citizenship.. Hmmmmm

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While most of its commissioned officers are French, approximately 10% are former Legionnaires who have risen through the ranks. The rest of the Legion is made up of men from a wide variety of nationalities, with French citizens representing 25-35% of the Legionnaires. The foreign volunteers are primarily European. Before and during World War II, many Jews from Eastern Europe fled to France and ended up enlisting in the Legion. Ironically, after the fall of the Third Reich, Germans (long a major presence in the legion) accounted for roughly sixty percent of the manpower, with many former German troops coming directly from WWII POW camps (Bernard B. Fall, a leading expert on French Indochina and author of Street without Joy and Hell in a Very Small Place, disputes this figure and claims that at most Germans only made up thirty-five percent of the Legion in the post-WWII period). The book Devil's Guard relates a former Waffen-SS member's brutal account of joining the Legion and fighting with fellow former SS against the Vietminh in Indochina. During the mid-1980s the Legion contained large contingents of British and Serbian nationals. Present day has seen a number of recruits from African and Balkan countries.

The Legion's ranks historically were filled with enlistees from countries which were undergoing some sort of crisis. While no serious studies were made of the motives for enlistment it seems likely that many recruits were simply transient foreigners who found themselves in France and out of work. In recent generations, however, many of those joining have come from middle-class backgrounds in stable prosperous countries such as Britain and the US (and indeed France itself).

Legionnaires can choose to enlist under a pseudonym ("declared identity") and a declared citizenship. This disposition exists in order to allow people who want to turn over a new leaf in their life to enlist. French citizens can enlist under a declared, fictitious, foreign citizenship (generally, a francophone one). After one year's service, Legionnaires can regularize their situation under their true identity.

In the past, the Legion had a reputation for attracting criminals on the run and would-be mercenaries. In recent years, however, admission has been restricted much more severely, and background checks are done on all applicants. Generally speaking, convicted felons are prohibited from joining the service.

After serving in the Legion for three years (out of a five-year initial enlistment), the legionnaire is allowed to apply for French citizenship.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Foreign_Legion

Answer 7

Not one to be biased here but I do not think for one minute the French have the best Army. they do OK in the situations that your goverment allow you to participate in. After all the french was ousted from Vietnam, They ran in the 2nd world war and only give minority support to other major conflicts.

yes they do have battle honours but saying that so does every other army in the world....

Answer 8

ROTFLMAO, best in what world? Fantasyland? Even the Foreign Legion is not half as good as they were in the 50's. Only thing your country has done right since the end of WW2 was sink the Rainbow Warrior.

Answer 9

i heard french soldiers carry white flags to surrender with instead of guns. where was your big bad army during WW2 when we had to come storm the beaches at normandy to rescue your sorry *sses from the nazis.

hey duque de alba, what's wrong with what what we are doing in iraq and afghanistan? we overthrew the ruling governments in both countries within a few days, and we are now occupying both countries simultaniously. the cowardly french army cannot even protect it's own borders.

Answer 10

LMFAO. The French!! You guys haven't been a good army since WWI. All that cheap big Macs have gone to your head!