Posted on Sep 17, 2021
‘A knife in the back’: France cancels gala in anger at US-Australia submarine deal
581
9
4
5
5
0
France has cancelled an upcoming event highlighting its long naval alliance with the United States, after Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a deal to help Australia deploy nuclear submarines.
The French had previously had their own submarine agreement with the Australians, and bristled at their close ally seeming to go behind their back to develop a new partnership.
French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian slammed the decision as a “knife in the back” and a “unilateral, brutal, unpredictable decision” that would be expected from a Trump administration in an interview with Franceinfo radio.
The French had previously had their own submarine agreement with the Australians, and bristled at their close ally seeming to go behind their back to develop a new partnership.
French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian slammed the decision as a “knife in the back” and a “unilateral, brutal, unpredictable decision” that would be expected from a Trump administration in an interview with Franceinfo radio.
‘A knife in the back’: France cancels gala in anger at US-Australia submarine deal
Posted from independent.co.uk
France
Nuclear
Submarines
Australia
Weapons
Posted 3 y ago
Responses: 3
1
1
0
What is it with all the whining by diplomats these days. Boo hoo. The bromance is over between France and Australia. Seems to be the same between Canada and the US too.
(1)
(0)
SFC Casey O'Mally
When a country takes action to undermine an ally, the ally has a right to be pissed. When the action is taken KNOWING that it will hurt the ally: diplomatically, economically, *and* influentially, the ally has a right to be pissed. And when the action is taken unilaterally without even DISCUSSING IT with the ally, the ally has a right to be SUPER pissed.
With friends like these....
I am not going to cast a vote one way or the other with the decision. Frankly, I don't know enough about naval warfare, subs, *or* the strategic situation in the Indo-Pacific to have an even half-way legitimate opinion. But, quite similar to the whole Afghanistan withdrawal fiasco, despite not having an 9educated) opinion one way or the other on the decision, I can tell that the EXECUTION was very definitely flawed. Even if this was the right decision, bringing France (our oldest ally, even if not our closest anymore) into the loop would have been prudent.
With friends like these....
I am not going to cast a vote one way or the other with the decision. Frankly, I don't know enough about naval warfare, subs, *or* the strategic situation in the Indo-Pacific to have an even half-way legitimate opinion. But, quite similar to the whole Afghanistan withdrawal fiasco, despite not having an 9educated) opinion one way or the other on the decision, I can tell that the EXECUTION was very definitely flawed. Even if this was the right decision, bringing France (our oldest ally, even if not our closest anymore) into the loop would have been prudent.
(0)
(0)
1
1
0
lol, kind of like when France was supplying Saddam with arms, and nuclear technology a while back?
(1)
(0)
1
1
0
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google