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2026-03-09 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

French Deploying 19 of 23 Main Surface Fleet Ships to Middle East - Virtually Entire Fleet

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Posted by Clem+Elmish4239 2026-03-09 10:14|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1797 views ] Top

1 Why?

Posted by Chantry 2026-03-09 12:43|| 2026-03-09 12:43|| Front Page Top

2 ^To protect Iranian people from ze Zionists!

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-03-09 12:47|| 2026-03-09 12:47|| Front Page Top

3 ^1..he wants to show Trump that he's a man.

Posted by Ulailet+Thud3602 2026-03-09 14:09|| 2026-03-09 14:09|| Front Page Top

4 My thought is to evacuate French (or dual nationality French) civilians from Lebanon and nearby points

Posted by Clem+Elmish4239 2026-03-09 15:23|| 2026-03-09 15:23|| Front Page Top

5 he wants to show Trump that he's a man.

What boy doesn't want to make his Mum proud. Especially if they are married. Besides, everyone could use some air defense practice in a littoral environment.

Posted by SteveS 2026-03-09 15:24|| 2026-03-09 15:24|| Front Page Top

6 It's just the French being the French. Something big is happening, and they want to show they're important. Which is fine IMO. Unlike the British, their ships can actually move and fire, and they are reasonably close at hand.

Posted by Secret Master 2026-03-09 15:31|| 2026-03-09 15:31|| Front Page Top

Posted by NoMoreBS 2026-03-09 15:43|| 2026-03-09 15:43|| Front Page Top

8 I thought that was said by Dick Chaney, NoMore.

Perhaps I was wrong.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2026-03-09 16:21|| 2026-03-09 16:21|| Front Page Top

9 ^ It has been said as long as there has been war and as long as there have been accordions, which is to say forever.

Posted by SteveS 2026-03-09 17:14|| 2026-03-09 17:14|| Front Page Top

10 And yet they can't control the crossing of the English Channel.
(Maybe because they don't want to?)

Posted by ed in texas 2026-03-09 17:53|| 2026-03-09 17:53|| Front Page Top

11 #5: "Oh look! Your balls dropped!"

Posted by Frank G 2026-03-09 18:46|| 2026-03-09 18:46|| Front Page Top

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