Exactly. French military strategy: Drop rifle, point to where your women are hiding, then raise hands.
Going into combat without the French is like going Deer hunting without your accordian
Symbolic? Like destroying the Ivory Coast's entire air force?
The French military is symbolic.
Don't forget the most famous product of French Strategists: The Vaunted Maginot Line.
He is one of the French elite. His family made its money from the original patent on the reverse gear in French tanks that was later adatped for widespread civilian use.