Hugh Jorgan
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A letter home from a marine with the multinational force in Bosnia
Dear Dad,
A funny thing happened to me yesterday at Camp Bondsteel (Bosnia): A French
army officer walked up to me in the PX, and told me he thought we
(Americans) were a bunch of cowboys and were going to provoke a war in Iraq.
He said if such a thing happens, we wouldn't be able to count on the support
of France.
I told him that it didn't surprise me. Since we had come to France's rescue
in World War I, World War II, Vietnam, and the Cold War, their ingratitude
and jealousy was due to surface, again, at some point in the near future
anyway.
I also told him that is why France is a third-rate military power with a
socialist economy and a bunch of faggots for soldiers. I additionally told
him that America, being a nation of deeds and action, not words, would do
whatever it had to do, and France's support, if it ever came, was only for
show anyway.
Just like in ALL NATO exercises, the US would shoulder
85% of the burden, and provide 85% of the support, as evidenced by the fact
that this French officer was shopping in the American PX, and not the other
way around.
He began to get belligerent at that point, and I told him if he would like
to, I would meet him outside in front of the Burger King and whip his ass in
front of the entire Multi-National Brigade East, thus demonstrating that
even the smallest American had more fight in him than the average Frenchman.
He called me a barbarian cowboy and walked away in a huff.
With friends like these, who needs enemies?
Dad, tell mom I love her,
Your loving daughter
Lt. Col. Mary Beth Johnson USMC
Dear Dad,
A funny thing happened to me yesterday at Camp Bondsteel (Bosnia): A French
army officer walked up to me in the PX, and told me he thought we
(Americans) were a bunch of cowboys and were going to provoke a war in Iraq.
He said if such a thing happens, we wouldn't be able to count on the support
of France.
I told him that it didn't surprise me. Since we had come to France's rescue
in World War I, World War II, Vietnam, and the Cold War, their ingratitude
and jealousy was due to surface, again, at some point in the near future
anyway.
I also told him that is why France is a third-rate military power with a
socialist economy and a bunch of faggots for soldiers. I additionally told
him that America, being a nation of deeds and action, not words, would do
whatever it had to do, and France's support, if it ever came, was only for
show anyway.
Just like in ALL NATO exercises, the US would shoulder
85% of the burden, and provide 85% of the support, as evidenced by the fact
that this French officer was shopping in the American PX, and not the other
way around.
He began to get belligerent at that point, and I told him if he would like
to, I would meet him outside in front of the Burger King and whip his ass in
front of the entire Multi-National Brigade East, thus demonstrating that
even the smallest American had more fight in him than the average Frenchman.
He called me a barbarian cowboy and walked away in a huff.
With friends like these, who needs enemies?
Dad, tell mom I love her,
Your loving daughter
Lt. Col. Mary Beth Johnson USMC
