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Old 02-20-2007, 16:13   #9
Pete
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Originally Posted by SouthernDZ
The one and only time I worked alongside French troops (SF), I found them to be pretty much on par with other SF soldiers. The one thing we had in common was a distain for the French government.
As a general rule the ones we ran into while in African countries with a French/Belg. history were Marines. I got the impression they had a distain for host country troops and Americans. Gave us and the host country troops something in common right from the start.

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