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sir pball

(5,427 posts) Tue Jul 7, 2026, 10:17 PM Tuesday

The Patrouille de France flying over DC…if you know your history, you know we literally owe our existence to France.

ETA: yes, it's an amazing pic, but I'm trying to draw attention to the reality that we never could have won our nation without France (and Spain, to make racist heads explode):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_in_the_American_Revolutionary_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain_and_the_American_Revolutionary_War

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Amazing pilots, amazing pic. Permanut Tuesday #1

very cool! Skittles Tuesday #2

The French really do have more stylish everything don't they. Maru Kitteh Tuesday #3

They do, but the Navy's Blue Angels do have an opinion. sir pball Tuesday #5

That's pretty bad ass! Initech Tuesday #6

... sir pball Tuesday #7

Someone call Kenny Loggins cause you're in the Danger Zone! Initech Tuesday #8

Oh you did not... sir pball Tuesday #9

What am I, hourly? Initech Tuesday #10

Such a good show sir pball Tuesday #11

So true! Without Lafayette, Rochambeau and the French FailureToCommunicate Tuesday #12

The Spanish were just as important... sir pball Tuesday #13

I think we repaid the debt in 1945 FakeNoose Yesterday #14

We repaid the original debt in 1918 ITAL Yesterday #16

. BlueWaveNeverEnd Yesterday #15