My sympathies to the French people, they have always had my greatest respect.

Thank you, Pete.

There’s been a few comments made in the UK that brunt of the fighting is mainly down to the US, Brits and Canadians and that other nations involved, from the EU in particular, haven’t been prepared to do the business.

Well… France has been in Afghanistan since the beginning, and had already suffered some casulaties, but it’s he first time it happens in such importance…

Now, more than one week later, some informations make clear that the soldiers made some mistake that lead them to the ambush (the most important was the lack of previous recon mission…).

Apparently, some decision has been taken to avoid such event, with the sending of drones and spec force (that were currentley unavailable! :mad:) in the country…

I would mostly agree with your point of vie, although in a less infuriated manner. Since I learned that French troops were to be sent in Afghanistan, I expected some casualties (but not that important!), the trouble is that in France a majority of people “don’t see the point” in being at war in Afghanistan and this could become a major internal politic issue…
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