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Ferret Theory XVI

‘Eddie, gets caught in the crossfire… between the…

‘French Connection:’ or is it? The ‘French Seduction:!’

 

While driving The ‘Navy’s Destroyer,’ across the line of death, that ‘Omar Gaddafi,’ had drawn for the ‘USS. America Battle Group?’ Eddie, remembers; “being the first of the USS. America, Battle Group, ships! To cross the line, of death in Libya!”

The ship, even made T-shirts about it being the first… 

The Navy; started working on Eddie’s, weapons skills, on board his ship? The ‘Weapons Department,’ started to learn fast! That, I, was versatile with any weapon. The “Weaps,” said “your shooting score! Is the best onboard the ship.” Weaps, is what they called the-

‘Weapons Officer,’ Onboard ship?’

I, told ‘Weaps,’ I’ve been an arms shooter, since age seven? Weaps, was impressed! That, I had skills, in the ‘arts of weaponry! I started taking classes; [of hand to hand combat, on the ship] and express my, interest in being the ships--

‘Security Force,’ team member!’

After a few run-ins, with ‘Libyan patrol boats.‘ I would express myself, to those ‘Libyan provokers,’ what our ships intentions where? That, they were in the way! The Libyan Force, never came back after that! I was starting to lose interest, in patrolling the Libyan, coast due to boredom? And was looking for new adventure…

“Which was yet to come!!!”

Sure enough!… I was scheduled to pull into ‘port,’ in Saint Rafael, France. Where… I would see, ‘topless women’ at public beaches, for the first time in my life! I would rent a ‘paddle boat’ and patrol the beach! WOW!--what a job!-- I would stack my ‘paddle boat,’ full of …

‘French bottles of wine and love and serenade to the beautiful French ladies, of France!’

I just couldn’t, believe my eyes! Some of the most beautiful women, in the world? ‘The things they would wear and what not! “Along the coast of the French Riviera!” I know, the ‘French Guard’ and the ‘American Shore Patrol,’ didn’t care to much for my enthusiasm at times?

I felt, it was my ‘civic duty,’ to protect these beautiful ladies, of France, from the Libyans!

“I couldn’t believe, there was a place, like this on our planet?”

It felt like there, weren’t many ‘laws’ govern, what the attire was for women? It had a ‘free feeling, in the air about it! Yes, a nice, yet, pleasant feeling?’ Different, then the American women, today! Not that it’s bad? What the American women are doing? It was just different is all! It was an experience, I’ll never forget! I would not trade it for the world… When, I worked at night, on the ship. I would play, ‘Journey’ music and think of “French Ladies of Saint Rafael and Toulon!”

[ My actions, may have been miss-understood some of the time. But I was feeling, the ‘French Connection,’ possibly even the ‘French Seduction!’]

Now… I hope the viewers, doesn’t get bitter? But I was definitely hypnotized by the beauty of France! I was only 19, years old at the time?

The Summer of 86.’

 

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Eddie

Mr. International

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