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French Army enlistments triple in wake of attacks
Posted on 11/20/15 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 11/20/15 at 2:46 pm
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Applications to join the French army have soared since the Islamic State attacks on Paris, according to figures obtained by the newspaper Le Monde.
The military did not want to announce the figures during France’s three-day period of national mourning, but has now said requests for information and applications through its website had trebled from about 500 a day to about 1,500 since the 13 November attacks, the paper reported.
The series of suicide bombings and shootings at a popular music venue, the national stadium, cafes and restaurants killed 129 people from 19 countries, but most of the victims were French and many of them young, on a Friday night out.
“I’m staggered,” Col Eric de Lapresle, head of the army recruitment service’s marketing and communications department, told the paper. “This is an entirely unprecedented phenomenon.”
Posted on 11/20/15 at 2:47 pm to Jim Rockford
The musicals will be uhhhhmazing
Posted on 11/20/15 at 2:48 pm to Jim Rockford
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“I’m staggered,” Col Eric de Lapresle, head of the army recruitment service’s marketing and communications department, told the paper. “This is an entirely unprecedented phenomenon.”
I'm assuming he means unprecedented in France? Because it's certainly not unprecedented.
Posted on 11/20/15 at 2:50 pm to Jim Rockford
Good. About time they start pulling their weight in this fight.
Posted on 11/20/15 at 2:51 pm to Jim Rockford
Actually all the viewers at home can join the French Army too.
La Légion Etrangère
Eta- The French Foreign Legion
La Légion Etrangère
Eta- The French Foreign Legion
This post was edited on 11/20/15 at 2:55 pm
Posted on 11/20/15 at 2:57 pm to Jim Rockford
I'd rather fight for France than America
Posted on 11/20/15 at 3:02 pm to Jim Rockford
NB4 a historically incorrect surrender joke is made by a redneck.
Posted on 11/20/15 at 3:43 pm to Jim Rockford
If Syrians responded like this, there wouldn't be 5 million refugees from that shitty country looking for a new home.
Posted on 11/20/15 at 3:48 pm to Jim Rockford
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