As far as whether France would do that, I doubt it! When Reagan was president, I mean, I’m thinking of Granada -
... quoting from Wikipedia ...
The Invasion of Grenada, codenamed Operation Urgent Fury, was a 1983 U.S.-led invasion of Grenada, a Caribbean island nation of just over 100,000 population located 100 miles (160 km) north of Venezuela, triggered by a military coup which ousted a brief revolutionary government. The successful invasion led to a change of government but was controversial due to charges of American imperialism, ...
—— I thought for sure it was spelled “Granada” but I guess I’m wrong! ... Maybe something like this would have happened back in Reagan’s time, but I doubt that France or anyone else will, now.
And Obama hates the idea of “American imperialism.”