I think the French are realists. Perhaps I’m naive about the nuances of “war” these days, but “police actions” in areas where there is no law, and “nation building” in tribal regions with no notion of nationality seem like escapades designed for failure: even more so if our namby pamby tactics lack any hope of effectiveness.
Our CIC is throwing the fight, whatever the heck the fight is , and it is no surprise that our allies want to get out of the ring.
Layer on top of that the suicidal PC attitude the Europeans have adopted towards the immigration and demographic invasion of their sub-continent by the enemy - a case in which the term “realist” can be used only in the most cynical of manners - and I think the chances of counting on them to really fight this enemy with the ruthlessness required to win the larger “war” are nonexistent.
Europe will soon be Moslem. In essence, they have already submitted. Who there wants to go on record as the enemy of the Moslems?
In a generation or two, we’ll see a Charles Martel emerge in France.