France & Britain to co-operate militarily

Big fuss on the 'news' tonight as Britain and France agree much closer military links ; basically because neither country has two pennies/centimes to rub together.....

My French isn't so good, but I may have heard Sarkozy saying that Skipper will be expected to share his militaria collection with UK-based Forum members ( but I'm waiting for confirmation on that..... )

 

The way things are going, Martin, Skipper might get promoted to Quartermaster-General!

 

Scary thought when you consider that mixing up right and left hand sides could lead to pressing the wrong red button . .
More seriously, I like the fact that Royal Navy ships will be fitted with catupults to host the Rafales. British Nuclear Hq would be combined with the French ones in Dijon. I thought they only made mustard there, apparently they can also make mushrooms..

 

Closer military links?? Haven’t we been here before???

 

Yes y'all have. Didn't the French Cavalry hold the left flank of the Light Brigade at Balaclava, and cover the retreat up the Valley of Death?

 

Rule Britannia and Vive Le France!

 

mmmm i wonder how people would think about this during the 1700s...............

 

More importantly the much bigger French Army in the Crimea are the ones who took Sebastapol when the other arm of the two pronged assault (the British) failed!
I fail to see any problems as France has been the UK's military partner since 1900.
All the ' natural enemy' mutterings date back nearly 200 years

 

Interesting that they are pursuing a seperate military alliance from NATO.

 

Since March 18th 2009 France has regained full membership at Nato .

France rejoins NATO on strategic concerns_English_Xinhua

Also this is the first time in history that 2 permanent members of the UN and two Nuclear powers combine their forces. 105 years after the Entente Cordiale .

 

De Gaulle must be rolling in his grave....

 

I am sure their uniforms will be faaaabulousss.

Didn't the King/Queen of England also claim the title Ruler/King/Queen of France for a a few hundred years back in the 15th 16th century?

So, the move isn't without precedent.

 

And wasn't union between Britain and France proposed before the collapse of France in 1940 as well?

 

Lets see, US losing interest in Europe, Germany becoming a powerhouse, French/English military alliance. Sound familiar?

 

Ok, ww2 will start again real soon.

 

But this time Germany is on our side

 

You forgot the Far Eastern country seeking to become a dominant economic power

 

For now, until they realise that by attacking through Belgium and Holland they can capture Paris in a number of weeks, launch attacks on mainland Britain and be in London before Christmas.

 

oops, I forgot about the Chunnel .

 

Let me get this straight, French aircrafts on British carriers and if France declares war on us those planes take off and sink our carriers and we're boned.

We declare war on France and shove there aircraft off the carriers...thus saving our carriers, resulting in the French taking us to the EU courts and bankrupting us! But wait, We're already bankrupt! So is that a sort of victory...Ermmm.