France Deploys White Flag Carring Troops

France pledged 2,000 troops to a UN force soon to be deployed in
southern Lebanon. The force, still short of its 15,000 troop mandate,
will attempt to help the Lebanese army control Hizbullah.
French President Jacques Chirac announced Thursday that France would
send an additional 1,600 soldiers to the international armed force as
European nations struggle to meet the minimum commitment of soldiers
brokered by the United Nations Security Council to maintain a ceasefire.
The delay was reported to be the shortage of white flags to issue to the
French
troops. ;-)

AndyS...

Andy comments:

If they put 1600 Frenchmen in one place, then HezBULLah will
certainly vacate the area. I was on an elevator with 5 of them
once....

Andy in Eureka, Texas

E (Bet) Anthony...

Do tell!
1,600 limp dicks are a lot short of 15,000 the UN claimed it would
furnish to disarm Hezbollah.

Joe Avalon...

245 French soldiers arrived at Beirut's airport to help the Lebanese
army rebuild bridges.