Any American who thinks that the French military is a useful adjuvant to American security and can be trusted in a fight, is a fool.
When well led, French troops will fight. They did the best that could be done when they defended Hitler in the bunker from the advancing Russians.
And the initial resistance to the Americans in North Africa was strong, but, as with Berlin, the French were overwhelmed by a superior force.
Then there is Dakar, where they handily beat the British.