Never forget the French helped us in our War of Independence against the British. I am not so worried about keeping score. You can only liberate those who want to be free.
The French did in 1944. If they are taken over today, maybe they do or maybe they don't want to be free. This is the issue in Iraq. You can depose any government like Saddam's that conspires against you. But we can only liberate Iraqi if the people there want freedom.
Had it not been for their anxiety over the English, they would have stood in bed.The French became envolved in the Revolution for the sole purpose of squeezing the English financially.