Well you can’t count on the Frogs to help in a fight, but if there’s a cute 16 year old damsel in distress in the middle of nowhere they’re right on it. I suppose that makes them good for something.
And I second the “more money than sense” thought but that’s life.
Well I’ll grant you the French were worse the useless in WW2 and most of the post war era. I blame totally incompetent generalship in WW1 that got just about every able bodied Frenchman killed or wounded. The French military is just how recovering from WW1. If they return to form but with better generalship they will be one of the most powerful forces in the world. Poo poo the French at your own risk, however I suggest reading about French loses in WW1, heart breaking how bad generals killed millions of the best Frenchmen of that generation. An ENTIRE generation of young Frenchman killed. It is not surprising that it has taken more then a little time to undo that damage. Personally I am glad the French are back, the west will need them in the upcoming war of civilizations.
Viva la France!