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I’ve traveled a lot in the Sahara and an old expression amongst the expats was “The French send troops, the Germans send money and the British send regrets”.
by nickt 6y ago
I’ve traveled a lot in the Sahara and an old expression amongst the expats was “The French send troops, the Germans send money and the British send regrets”.
- nickt 6y ago^French^Americans probably.
- ByteJockey 6y agoAfrica is probably more likely to have experienced French or British occupation than American.
- omginternets 6y agoYou are ill informed: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Barkhane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Barkhane - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Serval https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Serval - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ration_Licorne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op%C3%A9ration_Licorne - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sangaris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sangaris - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_%C3%89pervier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_%C3%89pervier And these are just _some_ of the terrestrial missions, to say nothing of air operations. France's Army is small, but it does most of Europe's fighting, and is generally regarded as accomplishing a lot with very little. ---- Edit: You might appreciate this mini-documentary about operation Serval. It's in English. https://youtu.be/-QDnB6dMAb0 https://youtu.be/-QDnB6dMAb0