Post by Tanner1 on Apr 14, 2003 14:01:07 GMT -5
> > Eleven thousand soldiers
> > lay beneath the dirt and stone,
> > all buried on a distant land
> > so far away from home.
> >
> > For just a strip of dismal beach
> > they paid a hero's price,
> > to save a foreign nation
> > they all made the sacrifice.
> >
> > And now the shores of Normandy
> > are lined with blocks of white
> > Americans who didn't turn
> > from someone else's plight.
> >
> > Eleven thousand reasons
> > for the French to take our side,
> > but in the moment of our need,
> > they chose to run and hide.
> >
> > Chirac said every war means loss,
> > perhaps for France that's true,
> > for they've lost every battle
> > since the days of Waterloo.
> >
> > Without a soldier worth a darn
> > to be found in the region,
> > the French became the only land
> > to need a Foreign Legion.
> >
> > You French all say we're arrogant.
> > Well hell, we've earned the right--
> > We saved your sorry nation
> > when you lacked the guts to fight.
> >
> > But now you've made a big mistake,
> > and one that you'll regret;
> > you took sides with our enemies,
> > and that we won't forget.
> >
> > It wasn't just our citizens
> > you spit on when you turned,
> > but every one of ours who fell
> > the day the towers burned.
> >
> > You spit upon our soldiers,
> > on our pilots and Marines,
> > and now you'll get a little sense
> > of just what payback means.
> >
> > So keep your Paris fashions
> > and your wine and your champagne,
> > and find some other market
> > that will buy your aeroplanes.
> > And try to find somebody else
> > to wear your French cologne,
> > for you're about to find out
> > what it means to stand alone.
> >
> > You see, you need us far more
> > than we ever needed you.
> > America has better friends
> > who know how to be true.
> >
> > I'd rather stand with warriors
> > who have the will and might,
> > than huddle in the dark with those
> > whose only flag is white.
> >
> > I'll take the Brits, the Aussies,
> > the Israelis and the rest,
> > for when it comes to valor
> > we have seen that they're the best.
> >
> > We'll count on one another
> > as we face a moment dire,
> > while you sit on the sideline
> > with a sign "friendship for hire."
> >
> > We'll win this war without you
> > and we'll total up the cost,
> > and take it from your foreign aid,
> > and then you'll feel the loss.
> >
> > And when your nation starts to fall,
> > well Frenchie, you can spare us,
> > just call the Germans for a hand,
> > they know the way to Paris.
~Unknown
HH
-Tanner
> > lay beneath the dirt and stone,
> > all buried on a distant land
> > so far away from home.
> >
> > For just a strip of dismal beach
> > they paid a hero's price,
> > to save a foreign nation
> > they all made the sacrifice.
> >
> > And now the shores of Normandy
> > are lined with blocks of white
> > Americans who didn't turn
> > from someone else's plight.
> >
> > Eleven thousand reasons
> > for the French to take our side,
> > but in the moment of our need,
> > they chose to run and hide.
> >
> > Chirac said every war means loss,
> > perhaps for France that's true,
> > for they've lost every battle
> > since the days of Waterloo.
> >
> > Without a soldier worth a darn
> > to be found in the region,
> > the French became the only land
> > to need a Foreign Legion.
> >
> > You French all say we're arrogant.
> > Well hell, we've earned the right--
> > We saved your sorry nation
> > when you lacked the guts to fight.
> >
> > But now you've made a big mistake,
> > and one that you'll regret;
> > you took sides with our enemies,
> > and that we won't forget.
> >
> > It wasn't just our citizens
> > you spit on when you turned,
> > but every one of ours who fell
> > the day the towers burned.
> >
> > You spit upon our soldiers,
> > on our pilots and Marines,
> > and now you'll get a little sense
> > of just what payback means.
> >
> > So keep your Paris fashions
> > and your wine and your champagne,
> > and find some other market
> > that will buy your aeroplanes.
> > And try to find somebody else
> > to wear your French cologne,
> > for you're about to find out
> > what it means to stand alone.
> >
> > You see, you need us far more
> > than we ever needed you.
> > America has better friends
> > who know how to be true.
> >
> > I'd rather stand with warriors
> > who have the will and might,
> > than huddle in the dark with those
> > whose only flag is white.
> >
> > I'll take the Brits, the Aussies,
> > the Israelis and the rest,
> > for when it comes to valor
> > we have seen that they're the best.
> >
> > We'll count on one another
> > as we face a moment dire,
> > while you sit on the sideline
> > with a sign "friendship for hire."
> >
> > We'll win this war without you
> > and we'll total up the cost,
> > and take it from your foreign aid,
> > and then you'll feel the loss.
> >
> > And when your nation starts to fall,
> > well Frenchie, you can spare us,
> > just call the Germans for a hand,
> > they know the way to Paris.
~Unknown
HH
-Tanner
