Yes, France is in NATO. They kicked NATO out of France for basing, but they are very much members. And it’s very uneducated to call the French soldiers cowards. Their government has its issues, but French soldiers are damn good. Probably the best in Europe by far. In World War I they had far more deaths than the British, in World War II they suffered about the same amount of casualties as we did in Vietnam in the six week battle for France. The British fled the battlefield. In Singapore the British surrendered to a Japanese force 1/3 its size .
The French are definitely not cowards. But in this case they are dumbasses, as they have been many other times. In this case is a classic example of the lunacy of the French government.
> And it’s very uneducated to call the French soldiers cowards. <
I totally, 100% agree. They behaved heroically at the Battle of Verdun in WW1. And during WW2 the British were able to evacuate at Dunkirk largely because of stubborn defensive action by the French First Army at Lille.
Yes, France surrendered quickly in WW2. But that had nothing to do with French cowardice. The Germans were better organized and had better generals.
> In this case is a classic example of the lunacy of the French government. <
I’ve done some looking around the Internet. I could be wrong, but I think this Foreign Legion to Ukraine story is fake news.
“but French soldiers are damn good.”
Yes, but they aren’t sending French soldiers.
“Probably the best in Europe by far.”
Almost every European nation, even Italy, could make this claim.
And this: “The British fled the battlefield.”
What would you have had them do? Stay in the trap and surrender?