France lost 1.7 million soldiers in WWI (more than the US has lost in all of its wars combined); when WWII came around and the people were forced to choose between Hitler & Stalin, they simply selected “None of the above”. Afterwards they threw away their lives in the Indochina War they didn’t want to fight (but we insisted was necessary to contain communism), then threw away more lives in the Algeria War.
WWII was an anomaly in which the main combatants (as far as Europe was concerned) were both evil (Stalin & Hitler); other countries that could remained neutral.
The U.S. is becoming more and more like France every day. We no longer have a taste for war of any kind and when/if we enter into “conflicts”, we do so with lack of fortitude to actually WIN. Instead, we tell our warriors that they cannot shoot until fired upon (stupid idea). With the influx of muslims, France has been taken over without someone firing a shot. I anticipate the same will be done here as we spend more time on downsizing our military, trying to take guns away and “playing golf”.