archie bunker Loc: Texas

Honesty can sometimes seem that way.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

MAS 49-?

I went shooting once and a guy already there had a French WWII rifle MAS-49/57 maybe.

Anyway it had a big white ball on the bolt.

Sweet shooting thing if memory serves.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

Shame the Frenchies never shot em, huh?

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

Mean AND relentless!

The Legionnaires were a bunch of criminals. In other words, a gang of tough guys. I bet they could use them.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

Is it an MAS 49-57? I'm racking my brain.

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

So the French took out Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi, the leader of the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara. Bravo!
One thing, al-Sahrawi's domain is a desert in North Africa.

However, I recall an event in October, 2019. There was this brutal SOB in Syria who was the leader and self-proclaimed caliph of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization - the Numero Uno.

Trump's troops launched an operation to get this savage. They wasted a bunch of Jihadis getting there, but they drove this worm into a tunnel in his compound, and like a caged cowardly rat, he blew himself and two of his children into mincemeat.

But that ain't all.

There was an Iranian major general who commanded their Quds Force. His domain extended to all of Iran's terror proxies - Hezbollah, Hamas, and even ISIS. This guy was the only official military commander on earth who oversaw and commanded terrorist proxies.

On January 3, 2020, Trump's troops turned the bad boy into Hadji Hamburger and they had to ship what was left to Tehran in a cardboard box.

That ain't all, same strike took out four other IRGC officers - a brigadier general, a colonel, a major, and a captain along with five Iraqi members of the PMF.

Ten down.

But that ain't all,

During the burial procession for the top dog, the Iranians went crazy, they were packing it in so tight, they began a big crush, and they stampeded. 56 of them were either crushed or trampled to death and around 200 were injured.

68 birds with one stone.

Helluva shot.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

I honestly don't know.

1alpha7

Niger is not in Afghanistan, so what did the work of our allies in Africa have to do with Afghanistan. Sounds like propaganda!

The U.S. State Department had offered a $5 million bounty for information leading to Sahrawi’s capture and apparently the French government & military did the work. What's wrong with help from our allies? They probably would not do that for Run & Hide Biden, especially after his Victory for the Taliban which left them & other allies in harm's way!

crazylibertarian Loc: Florida by way of New York & Rhode Island

That may be the first smart thing France has done in decades. As General George Patton said, he'd rather fight a German division in front of his than have a French one behind him.

Teacher to class: Please summarize the French effort during WWII.
Student throws his arms up in surrender.