France begins withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan - Polidicks

[TABLE] [TR] [TD][release][SUB][SUP][URL=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-15363624]BBC News - South Asia[/URL][/SUP][/SUB] France is set to pull out nearly 200 troops from Afghanistan in a few hours, kickstarting withdrawals announced three months ago by Paris. Another 200 soldiers are due to return home before Christmas as part of Nato's plan to end combat mission by 2014. France has some 4,000 troops in Afghanistan and 75 of its soldiers have died in the country since 2001. Several countries, including, the US, the UK, Canada and Belgium, have also announced plans to withdraw troops. Some US and Canadian troops have already headed home, handing over responsibilities for security to Afghan forces. The US plans to withdraw 33,000 soldiers by the end of 2012. Most French soldiers are deployed in the district of Surobi and in the neighbouring province of Kapisa. "We are carrying out a proportional withdrawal," French Defence Minister Gerard Longuet told France Inter radio ahead of Wednesday's withdrawal. "The zones that we are in charge of will be handed over to the Afghan army." President Sarkozy announced plans to withdraw French troops during his visit to Afghanistan in July. [/release] [/TD] [TD][release][img_thumb]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/56140000/jpg/_56140662_56140661.jpg[/img_thumb] [SUB][I]France has some 4,000 troops in Afghanistan[/I][/SUB][/release][TABLE="width: 401, align: right"] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

I always forget France are in Afghanistan.

[QUOTE=Vasili;32857113]I always forget France are in Afghanistan.[/QUOTE] It's because they're trying desperately to find some kind of victory somewhere but still haven't found it. :v:

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;32857125]It's because they're trying desperately to find some kind of victory somewhere but still haven't found it. :v:[/QUOTE] like at austerlitz

[QUOTE=Vasili;32857113]I always forget France are in Afghanistan.[/QUOTE] About 50 nations have contributed troops to the Afghan conflict: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISAF_troop_number_statistics[/url]

[QUOTE=Magistrate;32857183]like at austerlitz[/QUOTE] Led by an Italian, I don't think that counts :v:

Good, this shit's been going on way too long. America should follow suit. They shouldn't be pumping so much money into something so pointless, especially when it's money that they don't have.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;32857191]Led by an Italian, I don't think that counts :v:[/QUOTE] lol true

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;32857125]It's because they're trying desperately to find some kind of victory somewhere but still haven't found it. :v:[/QUOTE] sounds like every country in Afghanistan

[QUOTE=Conspiracy;32857195]Good, this shit's been going on way too long. America should follow suit. They shouldn't be pumping so much money into something so pointless, especially when it's money that they don't have.[/QUOTE] 2014, not too far away.

So.. they're [I]retreating[/I] from Afghanistan?

[QUOTE=Paravin;32857228]So.. they're [I]retreating[/I] from Afghanistan?[/QUOTE] I'd call it surrender.

[img]http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5825/whiteflagsurrender.jpg[/img] [I][B]France surrenders all controlled land to Taliban fighters.[/B][/I]

[QUOTE=Niklas;32858741]I'd call it surrender.[/QUOTE] They were just drinking wine in Afghanistan anyway.

[QUOTE=doonbugie2;32858751][img]http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5825/whiteflagsurrender.jpg[/img] [I][B]France surrenders all controlled land to Taliban fighters.[/B][/I][/QUOTE] I never really understood the 'france always surrenders' propaganda. ask the Algerians or vietnamese how that went for them or plenty of african states

Including the French Foreign Legion?

Apparently France has one of the most powerful militaries in the world but never does anything with it.

[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;32858910]Apparently France has one of the most powerful militaries in the world but never does anything with it.[/QUOTE] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_French–Ivorian_clashes[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_war_in_Côte_d'Ivoire[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Ivorian_Civil_War[/url] this is all the last ten years it never get reported because people dying in africa is like reporting that the sun continues to rise

GTFO Get The French Out

[QUOTE=lockdown6;32859202]"please, we surrender, you can have our soldiers!"[/QUOTE] Technically most of the Legion are foreigners so they do stomp shit.

[QUOTE=Contag;32858797]I never really understood the 'france always surrenders' propaganda. ask the Algerians or vietnamese how that went for them or plenty of african states[/QUOTE] They were specifically opposed to military intervention in Iraq and promptly suffered popular backlash from some of the nations involved (see 'freedom fries', demands to have US veterans exhumed from French cemeteries and reburied on US soil). Of course, a big part of that was playing up their surrender to Germany during WW2 and ignoring any military success past or since.

[QUOTE=Novangel;32859400]Technically most of the Legion are foreigners so they do stomp shit.[/QUOTE] I think something like one in four are french. [editline]20th October 2011[/editline] Had come from france, that is. [editline]20th October 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Mericet;32859702]They were specifically opposed to military intervention in Iraq and promptly suffered popular backlash from some of the nations involved (see 'freedom fries', demands to have US veterans exhumed from French cemeteries and reburied on US soil). Of course, a big part of that was playing up their surrender to Germany during WW2 and ignoring any military success past or since.[/QUOTE] Ah, okay. That makes sense.

[QUOTE=-n3o-;32857184]About 50 nations have contributed troops to the Afghan conflict: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISAF_troop_number_statistics[/url][/QUOTE] Austria contributed 3? What'd they do, lend a single APC?

We had troops in Afghanistan ???

Yeah, France has one of the most ass-kickingest military histories on the planet. Couldn't have won the Revolution without them.

[QUOTE=Contag;32858797]I never really understood the 'france always surrenders' propaganda. ask the Algerians or vietnamese how that went for them or plenty of african states[/QUOTE] It's just a harmless nationalist joke, like how the British have bad teeth, Americans are fat, and Australians box with kangaroos. [editline]19th October 2011[/editline] Propaganda is the last thing I'd call it, though.

yay

who gives a shit not like they were helping anyways

[QUOTE=Aspen;32865920]who gives a shit not like they were helping anyways[/QUOTE] could say that for almost every country in the coalition except the US and the UK. If that's your standards

Wait we have 500 troops in Afghanistan thats like our entire army.