Thursday, February 24, 2005

An Army of One

In France, it's literally true:

From the Washington Post story I linked to below, there is a fun fact worth pointing out. In the agreement reached with NATO to train 1,500 Iraqi forces, France had agreed to commit a single military officer. From the story, "France on Tuesday became the final NATO member to commit to the training effort, following recent commitments by Germany, Greece and Belgium. France pledged one military officer to help in coordination at NATO headquarters."

Makes sense. How many advisors does it take to teach Iraqis how to throw their hands in the air, or make and wave white flags? Besides, it will keep the BO problem at the training facilities at a manageable level.

The big question is, will the "single military officer" be surnamed Clouseau?

[Hat tip: GOP Bloggers]