French Canadian by the sound of it, also check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Canal_Nouvelles which broadcasts from Montréal.

French Canadian in the title is always a winner.

That said: although the troops in the video are indeed French-Canadian, the Eryx missile is made by the French, by which I mean French-from-France. The company's called Aerospatiale. I refer you to Wikipedia (see above for the link) and to FAS:

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/eryx.htm

Ah, that explains it.

*titlechange from "The New French Anti-Tank Missile" to "The New French-Canadian Anti-Tank Missile" so we don't leave the Canadians out of our scorn and ridicule.

Not french, but french-canadians.

Just sayin'

coupland - you're right about the translation. By "literally", I meant, that's how Babelfish interprets it, because, if I remember high school correctly, "il faut beau" means the weather is good, as contrast with "il pleuv" or "il fait pleut" (I apologize for the nasty spelling), which would mean, 'it's raining.'

In this context they clearly mean "it's nice"; I was just going on about Babelfish without identifying it.

Oh, and LMFAO about the "French-Canadian" programming thing. I love it.

Krupo, "il fait beau dans metro" translates to "It's nice in the metro", it's got nothing to do with weather. And for anyone who thinks this is campy 70's kitsch, *all* French-Canadian programming is like this, even stuff made today. It's just a cultural thing...

I quite like their poutines... But that's more French-Canadian... Je Souviens...

Bit of background: Bush was campaigning in Michigan, circa 1999, for the GOP nomination. Rick Mercer, a Canadian humourist, went to Michigan and met Bush and Co. on the campaign trail.

For those of you who aren't aware, Poutine is literally fries, gravy and cheese- kind of a French-Canadian heart-attack-on-a-plate, and for the record the Prime Minister's name at the time was Jean Chretien.

Bush Sr. famously called Mercer an "Asshole" after this aired, and George W., acting petulant, has refused every subsequent interview request by the CBC. In retrospect, it seems like a bit of foreshadowing for many a Bush gaffe to follow.