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>The reason the French are pissed are strictly commercial. No, they're not. The sub deal with Australia was just part of a broader Pacific strategy to which Au
by Bayart 5y ago
>The reason the French are pissed are strictly commercial.
No, they're not. The sub deal with Australia was just part of a broader Pacific strategy to which Australia was central. Now that Australia sent the signal that it was to be a plugin in the US foreign policy rather than a country of its own, the entire strategy is dead and needs to be reworked. It's a major setback. It coming from the Nth sabotage of the French defense industry by the US is just the cherry on the top.
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- nsonha 5y agoJust out of curiosity why would the French even have a Pacific strategy?
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- Bayart 5y agoWe have territories in the Pacific, most notably New Caledonia (Australia's closest neighbour, I believe), and a huge EEZ [1]. [1]: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Map_of_the_Territorial_Waters_of_the_Pacific_Ocean.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Map_of_t...