I don’t get all this French bashing, the French are the only western nation showing ANY leadership today.
During the Revolution, American soldiers wore French shoes, trousers, and overcoats, carried French muskets, powder and shot, used French artillery, and were supported by a French Army that outmaneuvered the British. A French fleet prevented British reinforcements to Yorktown. Not to mention the money. Lafayette, Rochambeau, deGrasse ... without'em it could have easily gone the other way. Etc. etc. Lay off the Frogs. They have had their ups and downs, and can be very silly, but when it really really counted, they bailed our collective asses and other livestock out.
I don't know why you don't get it. The French are reverting to form, and leaving the field, right in the thick of the battle, while the Japanese, the Americans, and others stay behind to fight.
That's "leadership"?