Wednesday, March 31, 2004
mini rant-5 soldiers are killed in iWaq, contractors are killed and gruesomely misstreated post attack, and CNN's poll is about dog's and their 'owners'???
BUT, main goodie from my 1903 encyc France hostory which i have like 1 and 1/2 pages left.
it is about 1860 and france is under emperor bonaparte and they are about to start a war with prussia.
-Bonapartists refuses the good offices of the other states of europe(sound familiar?); In shameful ignorance of the truth, they declared that everything was ready. "five times ready", ready to "the last gairter-button"(body armor anyone?)-and were eager to begin.
and he did this with NO ALLIES.
and later- emperor UNFIT to command and a MERE incumberance. and the french had neither strategy in detail or a plan definate of campaign.
maybe history is a GOOD thing.
BUT, main goodie from my 1903 encyc France hostory which i have like 1 and 1/2 pages left.
it is about 1860 and france is under emperor bonaparte and they are about to start a war with prussia.
-Bonapartists refuses the good offices of the other states of europe(sound familiar?); In shameful ignorance of the truth, they declared that everything was ready. "five times ready", ready to "the last gairter-button"(body armor anyone?)-and were eager to begin.
and he did this with NO ALLIES.
and later- emperor UNFIT to command and a MERE incumberance. and the french had neither strategy in detail or a plan definate of campaign.
maybe history is a GOOD thing.
