I hope you realize that they weren’t acting out of the goodness of their hearts. It was in France’s interest that the English lose the colonies.
It is in our interest to do nothing regarding the Ukraine.
In large part, because anything Barry Soetoro Soebarkah does will assist his puppet-masters, not the U.S.
It serves US geopolitical ends to weaken Russian hegemony.
And, in both circumstances it is both moral and useful to lend a helping hand.