Oh boy guess we gotta start eating freedom fries again.
this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2026
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...but allows the US to use French bases for their illegal war, allowed Bibi to fly through the French airspace 3 times after the ICC issued an arrest warrant
Why don't France want to go to war with a random country for lols? Are they COWARDS?!
High school logic, used by some world leaders.
Iran has historically been a friendly trade partner with France.
By contrast, its straight up open season on any country in North Africa. Macron practically lead the charge when it came time to carpet bomb Libya. And he was all on board in the overthrow of the Syrian government.
We don't like being part of USA's Finding Out phase. It's a journey they have to do alone.
At this point in time, that's the wise thing to do.
Given how unpopular Macron is, this is a bit surprising. I thought he might go for it to distract from his domestic problems.
yeah it wouldn't work here, and why would he need to make distraction, he can't run for the next election anyway so.
And I'm quite scared by what's coming next, because currently I know what we have and his foreign policy isn't the worse imho
This doesn't work well in France I think
yeah. someone like pedonald would face immediate general strike. then guillotine before the week end
It's state policy to keep strategic independence. That is why they have independent nukes and why they were adamant about not going to Iraq, but they did sent troops to Afghanistan, because 911 was an actual attack on NATO soil.
Where the "never" came from? The text of the news says "in the current context"?
It also says "never", but yeah, it's a pretty bland statement when you put the context back in (literally and figuratively).
Re reading again it's actually says never. My bad. The "in the current context" weighted way more in my head.