qaz@lemmy.world to NonCredibleDefenseEnglish · 1 day agode Gaulle is spinning in his grave right nowlemmy.worldimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1197arrow-down12
arrow-up1195arrow-down1imagede Gaulle is spinning in his grave right nowlemmy.worldqaz@lemmy.world to NonCredibleDefenseEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareseeigel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·edit-21 day agoLike when France sold Louisiana to Washington to finance a war against Moscow? Seems like he learned his lessons.
minus-squareCocopanda@futurology.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 day agoI don’t think France had the capacity to properly protect the territory from invasion if they didn’t sell. It was an easy way to avoid a giant loss and make some money.
Like when France sold Louisiana to Washington to finance a war against Moscow? Seems like he learned his lessons.
I don’t think France had the capacity to properly protect the territory from invasion if they didn’t sell. It was an easy way to avoid a giant loss and make some money.