Posted on 04/12/2023 10:40:14 AM PDT by JonPreston
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that being a US ally did not mean being a "vassal", after he gave a controversial interview on the subject of Taiwan.
"Being an ally does not mean being a vassal... doesn't mean that we don't have the right to think for ourselves," Macron told a press conference in Amsterdam at the end of a state visit to the Netherlands.
Macron also said that "France is for the status quo on Taiwan" and sought a "peaceful resolution of the situation".
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The country developed its nuclear arsenal mainly to defend itself from Germany — not the Soviet Union. And for that reason they didn’t want their nuclear weapons included in any arms control agreements between NATO and the Warsaw Pact.
This is no surprise. Western Europe aren’t our allies.
A repeat of Hitler’s march into the Sudetenland. France and Britain could easily have defeated Germany and hanged Hitler. But they were cowards. And still are.
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