[Spruce]

History is sometimes called ‘The Grand Game’. The French excel in the play. They also knew when they supported American Independence that this day would come. Check frog. Possibly check-mate.

[Defiant]

They also knew when they supported American Independence that this day would come.

They knew no such thing. In 1781, North America was a tiny sideshow in the Franco-British rivalry, and if they thought of America's future at all, it never occurred to them then or at anytime since that the US would be kicking their ass back in Europe. It never occurred to us, either, until the French decided to become an enemy this past year.