Why not?
France was giving Iraq surface to air missiles during 2003, and denied the entire thing despite French missiles with manufacture dates of May 2003 showing up.
And let’s not forget their helpful technical assistance to ole Saddam there.
They were a real friend... of dictators.
Doubt we’ve seen the end of French colaborationism.
One can say much the same of the US... Especially with its recent support of Al Qaida affiliates in Libya and elsewhere...
But seriously, that French-bashing is getting way old...