Posted by
JDComments on Monday, December 18, 2006 10:00:36 AM
As proof that some things never change, France has decided that fighting the Taliban is a little too tough, and is withdrawing it's 200 troops [part of a 38,000 man Nato Force ] from an Afghan city [see
article ].
This is probably not surprising to anyone who has studied French history, which has demonstrated over and over again that the country had made a speciality out of surrendering at the first sight of just about any other nation's military, even if they are just parading, but to retreat out of fear of the
Taliban has to be a new low.
If they collapse before an enemy that is still fighting on horseback, against whom, exactly, is their military prepared to fight? I guess their strategy is for preparing against an attack by aboriginal forces using sling shots and blow darts [ though if they use curare the enemy has an excellent chance of occupying Paris. After all, just about everyone else has].
To quote the story:
France has been reluctant to have its forces in Afghanistan, a total of 1,100 troops, serve outside the relatively safe Afghan capital, Kabul.
There you have it. The leader of the new Europe and proponent of developing a countervailing world force to US power is the country you want with you in a foxhole as long as it is safe and you cannot be attacked there. And this is the country Liberals look to for international cooperation in the war on Terror. Unbelievable.