We don't need enduring friends. We need allies we can trust. There is a great distance between "friend" and ally - France has chosen to be neither.
If you'll check your history you will find that the national ensign - flown upside down, is, at least in maritime situation is an international signal of distress - many national ensigns are the same - rightside up - or upside down.
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Life isn't always a bowl of cherries, sometimes it's more like a jar of Jalapenos --- what you say or do today might burn your ass tomorrow!!!
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