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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You sure wouldn't hear that from me. French forces have been badass for a long time.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I don't really care about glorifying past military victories but rather about the fact that the white flag internet meme appeared when the French government refused to follow the USA into Irak War II. https://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/03/07/villepin.transcript/

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I had no idea that's where those jokes came from, that's so ridiculous

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Fucking good on them. That war was bullshit.