[Ben Hecks]

"She said that France has a mobile, flexible and highly-motivated military and that it was the second or third best in the world."

I'm assuming she means the third world.

[reg45]

She said that France has a mobile, flexible and highly-motivated military and that it was the second or third best in the world.

What she really meant was that France has a military that is second best in the third world.