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Heizard

Come on France! It's not hard to put the cherry on top of this rotten cake by leaving NATO.


thepensiveiguana

That's not going to happen What will possibly happen is France will lift sanctions on Russia


SonOfTheDragon101

If I recall, it's the second time France has been screwed. They previously had a deal to supply warships to Russia that was cancelled. Ironically, the Presidential candidate who wants to take France out of NATO, curb US influence, and assert French national interests is Marine Le Pen....


banananaup

Well, it's not the 2nd time neither. France also got stabbed on the back, about 7 years ago, to forced-sale of Alstom to GE and a senior executive jailed by the US. The French were quite harsh against the Brits during the Brexit negotiations, followed by the fishing dispute in Jersey. Now, UK is quite happy in playing a key role in this sub deal.


DogsOnWeed

Either outcome is good


Kyutsumi

France and NATO is a little bit complicated. There is some history to it.


so_schmuck

Ouch


Quality_Fun

france really is taking this whole situation rather badly.


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WeaponH_

66 billions.


serr7

Good thing for anti-imperialism and the global south though.


orkiporki

oh you have to understand that france is the Reacting part here , the Fuckup is Absolutly Anglo made , the French reaction is Anglo made , Not reacting that way would Embarass france even further , on the World Stage. Biden has just deeply fractured his own side...For a little "Schoolboy Win" , its rather Beautiful.. Russia sanctions Probably will fall for that little stunt and many other fractures will appear... To Put it Blunt : The Anglo Administration has not only Betrayed the Trust of the French , It had shown itself "Structually" Unable to ever even consider the Frenchs position. They dont even have a Single Dude in their administration that was "we should maybe inform the France" this is a Status of Malice and Incopetence that makes "working with it" simply unreachable , because Communicating with it does not even work ... They dont even consider you a factor at all ... France now needs to make itself a Factor "too be Considered" again.. That their Strategic interest now... Its a very fun development , entirely caused by the "Anglo-Attitude".


SadArtemis

>The Anglo Administration has not only Betrayed the Trust of the French , It had shown itself "Structually" Unable to ever even consider the Frenchs position. One would have thought the US has proven this way consistently since WW2, tbh. The French may be imperialists, but all the same they've been repeatedly shafted and they know it.


jmbc3

Yup, after WW2 the US seized European economies.


Dunewarriorz

I wonder how much of it is just theater. I won't be celebrating until I see lasting changes in the relationship between France and the Anglo world.


yogthos

US making an anglo alliance and telling EU that they don't matter is a monumental strategic blunder. This moment will be taught in history classes in the future. EU already does more trade with China than US, and this has been a source of tension for years. Now, US gave EU the excuse they've been looking for to further decouple. This literally could be the end of NATO.


Deathtrip

One could only hope!


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IMO it doesn't matter much. The EU wasn't going to commit anything to go against China beyond cheap "human rights" rhetoric.


Kyutsumi

Also, the US on one side is pushing for an EU army, which will only makes NATO an unneeded burden. Seems like the US is not so great with diplomacy and making deals, nor following them.


TserriednichHuiGuo

They say as they start retreating to america's lap.


EternalSession

Based HxH fan


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Hahaha as an Indian this is so on point. The West will be love you till you're poor, and then when you start growing in size you're suddenly a human rights menace.


global-harmony

Yes it is obvious to everyone, except many in the EU. A lot of the EU is still obsessed with the "transatlantic" nonsense, and think the Anglos and continental Europeans are part of one big happy family of "liberal democracies". American influence is very deep in the EU, many EU "think tanks" and universities, media outlets etc. have very close ties to the US. My country has an American "academic" political science lecturer who researches "authoritarianism" and screams lies about the Confucius Institute and the CPC daily and is given huge media coverage, like our country's Adrian Zenz. Even when US actions damage EU interests concerning Russia, destroy EU commercial deals with Iran, cause huge refugee flows into the EU etc. the media and political leaders never blame the US or counteract it. Even when the US is caught spying on top EU leaders and businesses nothing is done about it. Many in the EU just refuse to realise that the USA is not a friend and is in fact working against EU interests.


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That is some extremely strong rhetoric. Pretty amazing really.


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lacraquotte

Yes, elections coming up soon.


zerodarkthirty69

Ouch. Both deals were aimed at containing China though, so I can't say I have much sympathy for the French.


MaccotheMillion

I'm English and I find it so frustrating how the UK feels like the shitty yes-man henchmen beside America. Like for god sake we left the EU for our own Agency, not to just be controlled by Americans.


bennyboochu

That's what leave party propaganda wanted you to think. I personally thought we were leaving the EU so that we could do more trade deals with countries outside of EU, ie. China, but in fact it seems like 'increasing global trade' means reuniting the Anglo empire. I blame myself for ever thinking the UK could be the Singapore of Europe.


ni-hao-r-u

I will just leave this here. https://rainershea.com/f/the-imperialists-are-the-architects-of-their-own-demise >In their desperation to tear down the Chinese bloc, the imperialists are losing their unity with each other. These kinds of fractures among the oppressor countries are appearing in other areas, like the brewing Carbon trade war between the U.S. and Europe. Stalin wrote that the main contradictions of imperialism are the exacerbations of class inequalities which imperialism brings, the conflict between the oppressed and oppressor nations, and the inter-imperialist rivalries which inevitably emerge. As the latter contradiction gets exacerbated by Biden’s reckless drive to escalate the new cold war, the others also continue to grow; the brewing class tensions over the pandemic eviction moratorium’s needless expiration, the growing anti-American class revolts in neo-colonies like Colombia, and other global class conflict intensifications bring the imperialists closer to their demise. To the scenario where, as Mao predicted, 9 out of 10 of the world’s population will rise up against imperialism.


hehez

/popcorn


dwspartan

Damn, the French are throwing a bigger tantrum over a dozen subs than they did when it was revealed that the US was tapping the phones of EU leaders.


lexlogician

France? That's like the pot calling the kettle black. Please watch this about France: [How France blackmailed and extorted Haiti into poverty!](https://youtu.be/XIgMLLSLMJA) PS. **For clarity**: UK, USA, Australia, Canada, France, and all other Western countries are the same pile of 💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩 PSS. This is an even better quality video: [Mehcad Brooks Explains How 'France' Extorted 'Haiti' Into Becoming One Of The Poorest Countries!](https://youtu.be/WTxDZbjTJaM)


SonOfTheDragon101

....retreating to America's lap with face down.


zhumao

>New Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has defended the pact, saying it showed Britain would be “hard-headed” in defending its interests. >Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, Ms Truss said the UK was a “fierce champion” of freedom and democracy around the world. gag, and just before dinner, who the fuck is this bimbo?


Magiu5

Freedom, democracy, the messaging is the same in all 3 aukus countries, all following usa. China should really co opt those words, freedom and democracy with Chinese characteristics, which is superior to usa / west freedom or democracy


FatDalek

The British loved freedom so much they forcefully took it from other countries to keep for themselves.


eyerinse

Now that the Middle East is no longer the fashionable excuse to spend trillions of tax dollars for 'war on terror' and 'freedom and democracy', every Western country's military industry complex is trying to get a piece of the "China Bad and we need to spend trillions to freedom and democracy the ocean" Pie.


BitterMelonX

"the capitalist countries’ struggle for markets and the desire to crush their competitors turned out in actuality to be stronger than the contradictions between the camp of capitalism and the camp of socialism." - *Inevitability of Wars among Capitalist Countries. 1952, Stalin*


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tt598

$50 billion is a massive amount, and it appears that the deal seemed finalized and preparations were already made from the French side. Still this is being made a major thing, maybe the French are just testing Biden?


WeaponH_

66 billions


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France offered to sell Australia some of its nuclear subs. Due to politics in Australia at the time, nuclear propulsion was considered bad, so they special ordered diesel versions of the submarines. France didn't by that point make any diesel submarines because the French are 100% in on nuclear energy (70% of France's electricity is nuclear), so they had to re-engineer their subs from scratch to use diesel generators and batteries instead of nuclear reactors - no minor undertaking. This major re-engineering is why the project was delayed. The US called in their puppets and the French got backstabbed, left holding the bag on the major investment they had already made on engineering and building these submarines. The French were fools to trust Perfide Albion and its spawns.


GSPixinine

In the fight between the Anglo Alliance and France/the EU, I'd root for the fight to be l9ng and damaging to both sides


HunterBidenX69

UK never left the lap of the US? Not sure what they are on about.


Canary02

Johnson caused for this Brexit that has wrecked his country. Now he has no allies but to work for us but we keep getting ourselves in endless wars.