dragonfly
11-21-2008, 05:41 PM
This was written about the attitude toward, and and the admiration of some American soldiers, as written by a french soldier. As Hillman alluded to in the most recent book of his I read, war not only brings out the worst in humanity, but the most noble as well. I don't know if you guys will be, but I was moved by this look at our soldiers.
http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/11/20/french-soldier-recruited/
To admiration for America in Afghanistan, thanks to close contact with L’Soldats Americaine (http://serendipity.ruwenzori.net/index.php/2008/09/21/american-troops-in-afghanistan-through-the-eyes-of-a-french-omlt-infantryman). That’s what it is purported to be, though bits of it look like it might have been charmingly ghostwritten by Steve Martin:
“We have shared our daily life with two US units for quite a while - they are the first and fourth companies of a prestigious infantry battalion whose name I will withhold for the sake of military secrecy. To the common man it is a unit just like any other. But we live with them and got to know them, and we henceforth know that we have the honor to live with one of the most renowned units of the US Army - one that the movies brought to the public as series showing “ordinary soldiers thrust into extraordinary events”.
http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/11/20/french-soldier-recruited/
To admiration for America in Afghanistan, thanks to close contact with L’Soldats Americaine (http://serendipity.ruwenzori.net/index.php/2008/09/21/american-troops-in-afghanistan-through-the-eyes-of-a-french-omlt-infantryman). That’s what it is purported to be, though bits of it look like it might have been charmingly ghostwritten by Steve Martin:
“We have shared our daily life with two US units for quite a while - they are the first and fourth companies of a prestigious infantry battalion whose name I will withhold for the sake of military secrecy. To the common man it is a unit just like any other. But we live with them and got to know them, and we henceforth know that we have the honor to live with one of the most renowned units of the US Army - one that the movies brought to the public as series showing “ordinary soldiers thrust into extraordinary events”.