Bon jour, ladies and gentlemen. Nine days ago, I ordered our troops to enforce a no-fly zone in order to protect innocent civilians from the forces of an evil dictator, who is trying to deny his people their rights. This is an effort that enjoys international cooperation. It has been approved by the UN, NATO, the Arab league, the African Union and the International Solidarity Movement.
This effort involves the troops of many countries including Italy, Turkey, Albania and Qatar-not to mention the French Foreign Legion. Turkey is a valued ally. Just a year or so ago, President Erdogan received the Qaddafi Award for Peace and Human Rights. The nation of Italy will bring unique capabilities to our war, er kinetic military action; pasta, wine, and don't forget those white surrender flags.And what can I say about Albania?
This week, we are handing over command and control to NATO. Since France is not a full member of NATO, our mission will be decreased. As you know, NATO consists of 28 member nations, and leadership rotates periodically. The next presidency of NATO will be Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi. He will be addressing you in the coming days as he takes over the mantle of leader of the free world. (The Germans had four warships in the region, but withdrew them when they realized they weren't in France.)
Today, I spoke by phone with Albanian president, Wazhisnamsky. He assured me of Albania's commitment to this effort, and he looks forward to succeeding Prime Minister Berlusconi as the leader of the free world next month when Italy's term expires.
In the meantime, French troops have acquitted themselves admirably. They have shot down an enemy plane for the first time in French war-time history. And more importantly, for the first time in French history, our nation has saved someone.
How long will this mission last? I can't say. All I can tell you is that we will continue to be involved in the no-fly zone. Already, we have secured the skies all over the east coast from Maine to Florida. And I want to close with a personal message to President Barack Obama; you have lost the legitimacy of rule in the US. Your time is over, and you must go.
Thank you, God bless you and God bless France.
Refrain
Aux armes, o citoyens.......
4 comments:
Miggie,
I accidently deleted you comment about the Geert Wilders speech in Rome, but I will check into it. I think someone sent it to me by email, but I have not yet seen it.
Gary, you REALLY can't stand to see President Obama doing exactly what you would have advocated if he hadn't been president. Sour grapes, sir, sour grapes.
Gary,
Let ne know if you can't find it or look it up and I'll send it again.
This thread would have been a good place to put up the French close order drill graphic unless you don't think it is a good idea.
It is disingenuous to say we are turning the leadership over to NATO when the US runs NATO and supplies practically all the weapons, ammunition, logistics, supply, and transportation for NATO anyway. The European countries have been protected by the US for decades and have been able to spend paltry sums on their own military.
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Yeah, like it was disingenuous to say that the "police action" in Korea was a United Nations operation, when the U.S. ran the United Nations...
...actually, since the Soviet Union imploded, NATO has shown some signs of all members expecting a more equal role. Then we could talk about their respective military budgets as a share of GDP... but then we'd be disingenuous again...
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