French President Francois Hollande announced Thursday the mobilization of 40,000 reservists, up from 28,000, to boost the country's security.

http://m.sputniknews.com/europe/20160114/1033143265/france-reservists-security.html/

9:02 14.01.2016(updated 19:14 14.01.2016)

French President Francois Hollande announced Thursday the mobilization of 40,000 reservists, up from 28,000, to boost the country's security.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The decision may be related to a series of coordinated attacks in the French capital on November 13, killing 130 people and injuring over 350 others.

"I have asked [Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian] that the number of reservists be increased to 40,000, against the current 28,000," Hollande said, as quoted by the Elysee Palace on Twitter.

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French National Anthem - "La Marseillaise" (FR/EN): http://youtu.be/PIQSEq6tEVs/
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The United States will keep increasing its troops in Europe because European leaders have been asking for a bigger US presence on the continent “every day,” US European Command’s General Philip Breedlove said, according to Stars and Stripes, the official newspaper of the US Armed Forces.

Imagine that......

no,Joke aside,those who did fight,gave a good account of themselves!

Whole lot of mixed feelings/ opinions ... Gggrrruuuu!!!!


Biting my tongue


For now..... grumble:

Hey... guys.
All WW-2 jokes aside.

I did did lots of checking on biggest military powers of the world, in the last 4 months... I am not going to post it out here.. In France wants to kick a@@.

When/if, the French ever decide to fight, instead of surrender,
they can be ruthless.

Yes. Historically, we Americans should always keep in mind, that the only reason why we aren't still a part of the British Empire, is that France sent both land and sea forces to help us win independence. Granted, that was long ago, but still, respect is still deserved.

ever checked why France did that?

Sure. it wasn't because they loved us, and supported Democracy, or anything like that. The Anglo-French rivalry was long established, and had been going on quite a while. In fact, there is a sort of movement among some American Historians to recognize the war between France and Britain for which the American revolt was a small side theater, should really be recognized as the true First World War.

Hell, Im grateful...if not for them, Id be living in EasTexas or West Mississippi or, God forbid, South Arkansas