As far as “white flag” comments on French military threads go, yours was particularly lame. You could call it French, even.
During one of the many wars that the French and the British fought, and the French usually lost, the French just happened to capture a British Major.
An officer brought the Major to the French general for interrogation.
The French general began ridiculing the Major for wearing “that stupid red tunic.”
“Why to you wear that red uniform, it makes it easy for us to shoot you.”
The British major replied, “If I’m wounded, the blood will not show and my soldiers will not be afraid.”
The French general said, “That is a very good idea.”
He turned to his orderly and said, “From now on all French officers will wear brown pants.”